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35C3 - The Ghost in the Machine

Joscha Bach's 35C3 talk offers an AI perspective on the soul, covering perception, mental representation, agency, consciousness and selfhood as things that can arise in a computational system like the brain.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters call it lucid and fluff-free, and point to Bach as one of the most interesting voices on AI, consciousness and philosophy.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
media.ccc.de
Topic
computational theories of mind
Format
talk
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
4
Recommendation years in dataset
2020–2023

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

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  • Yesterday I watched a fascinating talk The Ghost in the Machine by AI researcher Josha Bach. He claims that computational math is enough to support the conscious thought, both in living things and simulated environments. The whole talk is densely packed with ideas and concepts …

    jmiskovic on Hacker News · 2020-06
    In Discovering How the Brain Works Through Computation

  • Joscha Bach has an interesting take on how to combine idealism with materalism. See for example his 'The Ghost in the Machine' talk at 35C3: [VIDEO]

    fjfaase on Hacker News · 2020-01
    In Philosopher Philip Goff answers questions about panpsychism

  • 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): [LINK] * Machine …

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

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