Computationalism and consciousness with Nic Rouleau, Jaan Aru, and Borjan Milinkovic.

Discussion #2 (57 minutes on computationalism and consciousness) with Borjan Milinkovic (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AwaZbzsAAAAJ&hl=en), Jaan Aru (https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=FvFOzS8AAAAJ&hl=en%29), and Nicolas Rouleau (https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=FyOpVTAAAAAJ&hl=en).

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) AI consciousness middle ground

(04:46) Substrate dependent minds

(08:07) Analog computer substrates

(13:44) Zombies and digital computers

(18:56) Polycomputing and observers

(25:01) Felt experience defined

(30:08) Action first embodiment

(34:08) Causal emergence and memory

(42:36) Self versus environment

(46:47) Cognitive light cones

(51:44) Boundary gradients and observers

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