Information, Evolution, and intelligent Design - With Daniel Dennett

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended for its account of competence without comprehension, relevant to evolution and to debates about AI.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

The Royal Institution

Topic

information and evolution

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2017–2024

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From the original HN conversations

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• I highly recommend this Royal Institute talk: Information, Evolution, and intelligent Design - With Daniel Dennett [0]. The presenter provides a series of small steps in the way of understanding how the combined leaps of 'dumb' evolution was able to design intelligence. He contrasts the …

• World Science Festival has a slew of really awesome talks etc on this subject posted to youtube: [LINK] And The Neuroscience of Consciousness – with Anil Seth is really great: [LINK] Information, Evolution, and intelligent Design - With Daniel Dennett: [VIDEO]

• I find Daniel Dennett's framing of competency vs comprehension a good place to start. He did a nice talk at the RI on it some time ago[1]. A previous one overlaps with similar ground[2]. [1] [LINK] [2] [VIDEO]