Predictive Processing Archives

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The science of consciousness is solving the biggest illusion in our universe

“Consciousness is fundamental. It's a fundamental property of the world that we inhabit, a fundamental property of the universe.”

Anil Seth & Jonny Thomson

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7mins

Perception Box

How our expectations shape what we see, hear, and feel

A neuroscientist, a psychologist, and a psychotherapist discuss how emotions are stories built from old experiences.

Paul Ekman, Lisa Feldman Barrett & Esther Perel

Unlikely Collaborators

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5mins

The Big Think Interview

The impossibility of control in a butterfly-effected world

“When you think about this interconnection of all these tiny causes and effects which add up to the way the world unfolds, it becomes impossible to imagine that we have complete control.”

Brian Klaas

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8mins

The Big Think Interview

Generative AI is not the panacea we’ve been promised

Eric Siegel has been in the AI field since 1991. He’s “horrified” by the AI hype bubble, but not for the reason you think.

Eric Siegel

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4mins

Sponsored

This AI computing cluster marks a new era in predictive medicine

What if AI could tell us we have cancer before we show a single symptom? Steve Quake, head of science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, explains how AI can revolutionize science.

Steve Quake

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative