Conversation - Randal Koene & Colin Hales
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Channel: Science, Technology & the Future · 2012 · Science & Technology
Randal Koene and Colin Hales converse over beer, with the occasional interruption from Adam Ford. Discussion points - Consciousness, what is it? - Qualia, how to define it. - Panpsychism - Meditative experiences - Digital Selves as extentions to our sense of self - What is Transhumanism? - How to people react to change? - What is a model? - Different ways to describe a model - Linguistic issues in describing models - Approaches to modelling intelligence - Physics Discussion was at Melbourne University before the Singularity Summit Australia 2012 http://2012.singularitysummit.com.au at which both Randal and Colin spoke. Randal Koene: http://carboncopies.org Colin Hales: Centre for Neural Engineering at Melbourne University.
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