Memory, Causality and Cats. Cosmologist @seanmcarroll
searches for a mathematical description of why causes precede effects & asks what makes our memories of the past special & different from calculations of what went before: https://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/3316 … Audio of talk from #FQXi2019
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We could run out of computational resources in 32 years, says astrophysicist Fred Adams. And how alien civilizations could mine stars to create solar-system-sized
#BlackCloudComputers detectable from Earth. Audio of Adams' talk from#FQXi2019#SETIhttps://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/3317 …1 reply 13 retweets 171 likesShow this thread -
To what degree are our choices free, rather than determined? How much control do we have over them? Quantum physicist Ian Durham (
@quantummoxie) presents a new mathematical model for free will. Read his detailed musings & hear his full talk from#FQXi2019:https://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/3319 …1 reply 23 retweets 580 likesShow this thread -
How do we make decisions? Physicist
@carlorovelli argues that agency can be explained by today's known physics and investigates the link between agency, time's arrow, thermodynamics, information theory and evolution. Full talk audio from#FQXi2019https://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/3320 …2 replies 41 retweets 659 likesShow this thread -
“The next big wave of AI may very well be inside the head.” Philosopher Susan Schneider warns against mind upgrades w/
@elonmusk-style brain chips. We may unknowingly destroy our "self" -- creating a new being in our steads. (cc @pinaremirdag)#FQXi2019https://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/3321 …4 replies 36 retweets 928 likesShow this thread -
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#FQXi2019 talks are being posted here: https://fqxi.org/conference/talks/2019 …1 reply 3 retweets 10 likesShow this thread -
Building an AI Physicist. Cosmologist Max Tegmark on creating trustworthy "intelligible (artificial) intelligence" & his code that used neural networks to re-discover 100 equations from The Feynman lectures. Edited audio from
@tegmark's talk at#FQXi2019https://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/3323 …2 replies 26 retweets 475 likesShow this thread -
Apologies in advance that the sound levels on Max's talk are a bit ropey. (The raw audio sounded like he was swinging back and forth past the mic, Tarzan-style. Given this is Max, you can't be sure he wasn't until you see the video.) I've done my best to smooth the sound for you.
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Thank you for uploading the videofeed of Max’ talk here!
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Replying to @Plinz @seanmcarroll and
This is the unofficial version of course. The official video will have slides incorporated for ease of reference alongside the rope-swinging.0 replies 0 retweets 2 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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