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As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toeWhat if your thoughts aren’t your own? Professors Elan Barenholtz and William Hahn propose that language is not a tool we use but a self-generating organism that uses us. In this mind-bending live discussion at the University of Toronto, they argue that language installs itself in our minds like software, runs autonomously, and shapes behavior at a deeper level than we realize. Drawing on LLMs, autoregression, and cognitive science, they suggest your brain may function like a predictive engine and that “memory,” “self,” and even “God” may just be tokens in an informational system.Join My New Substack (Personal Writings): https://curtjaimungal.substack.comListen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4eTimestamps:Links Mentioned:• Elan’s Substack: https://elanbarenholtz.substack.com/• Elan’s Papers: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2grAjZsAAAAJ&hl=en• William’s Blog: https://hahn.ai/blog/index.html• Ekkolapto’s Site: https://www.ekkolapto.org/• Andrés Emilsson [TOE]: https://youtu.be/BBP8WZpYp0Y• Elan Barenholtz [TOE]: https://youtu.be/A36OumnSrWY• Anna Ciaunica & Michael Levin [TOE]: https://youtu.be/2aLhkm6QUgA• William Hahn [TOE]: https://youtu.be/3fkg0uTA3qU• Michael Levin’s Presentation [TOE]: https://youtu.be/Exdz2HKP7u0• Stephen Wolfram [TOE]: https://youtu.be/0YRlQQw0d-4• Geoffrey Hinton [TOE]: https://youtu.be/b_DUft-BdIE• Ai Panel [TOE]: https://youtu.be/abzXzPBW4_s• Joscha Bach & Ben Goertzel [TOE]: https://youtu.be/xw7omaQ8SgA• Noam Chomsky [TOE]: https://youtu.be/DQuiso493ro• Michael Levin Solo [TOE]: https://youtu.be/c8iFtaltX-s• Consciousness Iceberg [TOE]: https://youtu.be/65yjqIDghEk• Joscha Bach [TOE]: https://youtu.be/3MNBxfrmfmI• Scott Aaronson [TOE]: https://youtu.be/gGsh0_-q7LI• Iain McGilchrist [TOE]: https://youtu.be/Q9sBKCd2HD0• The Master and His Emissary [Book]: https://www.amazon.com/Master-His-Emissary-Divided-Western/dp/0300188374• Michael Levin & Karl Friston [TOE]: https://youtu.be/0yOV9Pzk2zw• Shape Rotators vs Wordcels [Article]: https://sasamilic.medium.com/some-thoughts-on-the-shape-rotator-vs-worcel-meme-f320261a21cdSUPPORT:- Become a YouTube Member (Early Access Videos):https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join- Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal - Support me on Crypto: https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/de803625-87d3-4300-ab6d-85d4258834a9- Support me on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=XUBHNMFXUX5S4SOCIALS:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqsGuests do not pay to appear. Theories of Everything receives revenue solely from viewer donations, platform ads, and clearly labelled sponsors; no guest or associated entity has ever given compensation, directly or through intermediaries.#scienceLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices