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Joscha: Computational Meta-Psychology

Joscha Bach's 32C3 talk applies computational theories of mind to questions of meaning, emotion, and love, asking how computation can explain irrational-seeming human experience.

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as one of the best bridges between mind and computation, and as a sample of Bach's thinking on AI and philosophy.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
media.ccc.de
Topic
computational theories of mind
Format
talk
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
3
Recommendation years in dataset
2018–2020

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.

  • The best I've seen the topic of mind and computation bridged and well communicated has been by Joscha Bach. Recommend watching this video on Computational Meta-Psychology [1]. Also his 3 hour conversation with Lex Fridman is a whole other amazing rabbit hole [2]. [1] [VIDEO] …

    miketery on Hacker News · 2020-09
    In Mind Emulation Foundation
  • He is definitely one of the most interesting people to listen to when it comes to AI, Intelligence and Philosophy. I've seen him in Leipzig on CCC events in the past, here are some of his other talks: * Computational Meta-Intelligence (32C3): [VIDEO] * Machine …

    maze-le on Hacker News · 2020-07
    In Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality [video]

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