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32. Consciousness, Time, and AI - Gabe Proulx (pt2)
Video Version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntowztjf7EQ
Gabe on Twitter/X: @Gabeproulx
Gabe and River discuss topics related to idealism, consciousness, and the nature of reality. They explore River's paper on idealism and its connection to Stephen Wolfram's work, as well as Gabe's experiences with Kundalini awakening and his exploration of entropy. They discuss different perspectives on the Ruliad and consciousness, the nature of time and the past, and the value of embracing paradox and limitations. The role of chaos and order in consciousness is examined, along with the connection between information and relationships. The discussion also touches on the cyclical nature of materialism and the incompleteness of models. The relationship between quantum mechanics and consciousness is discussed, as well as the role of AI in the collective consciousness. The future of consciousness are also examined, along with the dream as a model of consciousness. The conversation explores the grand purpose of life and the practical implications of finding meaning and purpose.
River's Work:
CyberMonk App:
iOS - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cybermo...
web - https://app.cybermonk.art/
android - [coming soon]
youtube timestamps (add 5 min to account for my intro):
00:00 Introduction
03:30 River's Paper on Idealism and Wolfram's Work
07:38 Gabe's Kundalini Awakening
11:14 Entropy as an Artifact of Observers' Computational Bounds
22:15 Reality: Exploring the Computational Space of all Conscious Experiences
26:21 Computational Bounds and the Ruliad
31:24 Observers Exist within the Ruliad as Perspectives
33:19 Time as the Iteration through Permutations of Conscious Experience
37:07 Photogrammetry as a Model of Models of Reality
39:55 Seeing and Hearing in 2D, but Upsampling to 3D
41:44 Embracing Paradox and the Value of Limitations
43:54 Identifying not as the Query in the Infinite Database, but the Coder
49:43 The Intersubjective Nature of Reality
57:27 Ordering Chaos Through Dimensions
01:00:36 Limits of Reductionism due to the Balance of Order and Chaos
01:04:30 The Computational View vs. Reductionism
01:06:52 Using Recursion to Colonize the Ruliad
01:09:57 Quantum Physics as the Divine Spark
01:13:16 Information and Models Must be Ordered Hierarchically
01:23:14 The Trajectory of Consciousness
01:25:48 The Role of AI in Consciousness
01:31:05 Dreams Illustrate the Substrate Independence of Consciousness
01:35:40 Assembly Theory
01:37:55 The Learning Process of Reality
01:41:54 Dreams as a Roadmap for the Future of Consciousness
01:47:43 The Meaning of Existence
01:51:28 The Death of Meaning, and Meaning on the Other Side of Nihilism
01:52:45 Setting Collective Meaning
01:57:37 Finding Meaning in Suffering
02:02:03 AI as a Catalyst for Change
02:07:51 The Only Free Will we have is what Perspective to Adopt
02:12:32 Perspective is the Difference between Armageddon and the Millennium
02:14:56 Polarities are Necessary
02:15:51 Seeking to Catalyze Change for Others, Rather than Seeking to Change Them
02:18:25 Embody Change Rather than Evangelize
02:19:59 CyberMonk App
02:21:22 Reality as a Conversation Between its Parts
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By River M KaniesVideo Version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntowztjf7EQ
Gabe on Twitter/X: @Gabeproulx
Gabe and River discuss topics related to idealism, consciousness, and the nature of reality. They explore River's paper on idealism and its connection to Stephen Wolfram's work, as well as Gabe's experiences with Kundalini awakening and his exploration of entropy. They discuss different perspectives on the Ruliad and consciousness, the nature of time and the past, and the value of embracing paradox and limitations. The role of chaos and order in consciousness is examined, along with the connection between information and relationships. The discussion also touches on the cyclical nature of materialism and the incompleteness of models. The relationship between quantum mechanics and consciousness is discussed, as well as the role of AI in the collective consciousness. The future of consciousness are also examined, along with the dream as a model of consciousness. The conversation explores the grand purpose of life and the practical implications of finding meaning and purpose.
River's Work:
CyberMonk App:
iOS - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cybermo...
web - https://app.cybermonk.art/
android - [coming soon]
youtube timestamps (add 5 min to account for my intro):
00:00 Introduction
03:30 River's Paper on Idealism and Wolfram's Work
07:38 Gabe's Kundalini Awakening
11:14 Entropy as an Artifact of Observers' Computational Bounds
22:15 Reality: Exploring the Computational Space of all Conscious Experiences
26:21 Computational Bounds and the Ruliad
31:24 Observers Exist within the Ruliad as Perspectives
33:19 Time as the Iteration through Permutations of Conscious Experience
37:07 Photogrammetry as a Model of Models of Reality
39:55 Seeing and Hearing in 2D, but Upsampling to 3D
41:44 Embracing Paradox and the Value of Limitations
43:54 Identifying not as the Query in the Infinite Database, but the Coder
49:43 The Intersubjective Nature of Reality
57:27 Ordering Chaos Through Dimensions
01:00:36 Limits of Reductionism due to the Balance of Order and Chaos
01:04:30 The Computational View vs. Reductionism
01:06:52 Using Recursion to Colonize the Ruliad
01:09:57 Quantum Physics as the Divine Spark
01:13:16 Information and Models Must be Ordered Hierarchically
01:23:14 The Trajectory of Consciousness
01:25:48 The Role of AI in Consciousness
01:31:05 Dreams Illustrate the Substrate Independence of Consciousness
01:35:40 Assembly Theory
01:37:55 The Learning Process of Reality
01:41:54 Dreams as a Roadmap for the Future of Consciousness
01:47:43 The Meaning of Existence
01:51:28 The Death of Meaning, and Meaning on the Other Side of Nihilism
01:52:45 Setting Collective Meaning
01:57:37 Finding Meaning in Suffering
02:02:03 AI as a Catalyst for Change
02:07:51 The Only Free Will we have is what Perspective to Adopt
02:12:32 Perspective is the Difference between Armageddon and the Millennium
02:14:56 Polarities are Necessary
02:15:51 Seeking to Catalyze Change for Others, Rather than Seeking to Change Them
02:18:25 Embody Change Rather than Evangelize
02:19:59 CyberMonk App
02:21:22 Reality as a Conversation Between its Parts