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O Dr. Arlindo Oliveira é Presidente do Instituto Superior Técnico e Professor do Departamento de Engenharia Informática, onde tem desenvolvido trabalho no contexto de sistemas digitais, síntese lógica, algoritmia, aprendizagem automática e bioinformática. Doutorou-se em Engenharia Electrotécnica e Ciências da Computação (EECS) pela Universidade da Califórnia em Berkeley, em 1994. É um dos maiores especialistas portugueses em Inteligência Artificial, e publicou em 2017 o livro “The Digital Mind: How Science Is Redefining Humanity”, pela MIT Press, existindo também a sua versão em português, pela IST Press.

Neste episódio, focamo-nos em alguns dos principais tópicos do livro “The Digital Mind” (ou “Mentes Digitais”, na versão em português). Falamos sobre sistemas de inteligência artificial (IA) especializados e gerais e a forma como a ciência cognitiva e a inteligência artificial se informam uma à outra. Depois, abordamos as várias maneiras possíveis de reproduzir um cérebro humano artificialmente, e da possibilidade de atingir a imortalidade. Também falamos sobre a relação entre mente e cérebro, o que é uma mente, o teste de Turing, as diferenças entre mentes naturais e mentes digitais, e vários tipos de tecnologia ao nosso dispor para tentar desenvolver sistemas de inteligência artificial mais avançados e melhorar/superar a condição humana. Finalmente, discutimos a ética por detrás de IA, tanto em relação à maneira como os devemos tratar como à maneira como eles nos devem tratar a nós.

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Website (IST): https://bit.ly/2VpdDcD

Blogue Digital Minds: https://bit.ly/30lsgkY

Livro “The Digital Mind”: https://bit.ly/2Q0yJNF

“Mentes Digitais” (livro em português): https://bit.ly/2E9mlGp

Livro “Inteligência Artificial”: https://bit.ly/2WRlKjG

Artificial Intelligence Podcast (podcast do MIT): https://bit.ly/2UbbDFa

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Dr. Hugo Mercier is a research scientist at the CNRS – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Institut Jean Nicod), where he works with the Evolution and Social Cognition team. Most of his work so far has focused on the function and workings of reasoning. Together with Dan Sperber, he wrote a book that develops and extends the argumentative theory of reasoning, called The Enigma of Reason.

In this episode, we focus on The Enigma of Reason, and talk about how reason might have evolved, and its cognitive and social function. We talk a little bit about the notion of the modular mind. Also, how cognition operates at a subconscious level; the conditions in which reason works best; if dual-process theory (the idea of us having two different cognitive systems – one more fast and frugal, and the other more deliberative) makes sense from this new perspective; what really is a “rational” behavior; and why science as a human enterprise works so well.

Time Links:

00:36 How do people perceive threat?

04:38 Fight-or-flight responses          

13:04 Threat at the individual and collective levels         

17:19 In-group and out-group differences      

23:00 Threat in the context of politics and warfare      

How people solve reasoning problems  

17:16 The social function of reason

20:34 Reason works better when done in groups 

24:31 Does dual-process theory (system 1 and system 2) make sense? 

27:18 What is it to be rational, from an evolutionary perspective?  

29:23 Why does science work so well?

32:06 Follow Dr. Mercier’s work!  

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Twitter handle: @hugoreasoning 

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Dr. Mark Leary is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. Dr. Leary has taught at Denison University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Wake Forest University, where he also served as department chair. His research interests focus on social motivation and emotion, and on processes involving self-reflection and self-relevant thought. He has written or edited 12 books and over 200 scholarly articles and chapters. He was the 2010 recipient of the Lifetime Career Award from the International Society for Self and Identity and a 2015 co-recipient of the Scientific Impact Award from the Society for Experimental Social Psychology. 

In this episode, we discuss things related to our notion of “self”, how we construct it, and how we move in our social environments, deal with other people, and react to social exclusion. We deal with sociometer theory, and mental mechanisms like self-presentation, self-compassion, self-reflection, and their relationship with academic success and other life outcomes.

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Character and Context (Society for Personality and Social Psychology blog): https://bit.ly/2JEjgS7

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Dr. Joshua M. Tybur is an Associate Professor in the Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology at VU Amsterdam. His work is dedicated to better understanding how people solve some of the fundamental problems of life, including avoiding infectious diseases, obtaining and retaining a mate, and navigating the threats and affordances of interdependence. He approaches these topics with a combination of ideas and techniques from social psychology, personality psychology, and evolutionary biology.

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Tybur about the domains of the emotion of disgust, from an evolutionary perspective; the relationship between disgust and morality, and between disgust and political attitudes; sex differences in disgust sensitivity. We also talk about politics and science, and the problem of our own political preferences contaminating scientific research, and the importance of giving social psychology a biological basis.  

Time Links:

01:18 The domains of disgust

07:02 Disgust and morality          

09:37 Disgust and political conservatism        

17:52 Sex differences in disgust sensitivity     

20:44 Do people experience more disgust sensitivity toward people from out-groups?      

24:50 The political attitudes disgust is associated with

28:00 Do people who believe in adaptations of the human mind have a far-right agenda?

31:35 Separating politics from science

33:54 Things to be aware of in cross-cultural studies

39:58 Evolution and social science  

43:39 Being aware of our political biases when doing science

48:17 Follow Dr. Tybur’s work!  

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Twitter handle: @joshtybur

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I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:

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Dr. Diane Halpern is Dean Emerita of Social Sciences at Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute and former Emerita Professor of Psychology at Claremont McKenna College. She has won many awards for her teaching and research, including an Honorary Award in 2016 from the Federation for Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) for "scientists who have made important and lasting contributions to the sciences of mind, brain, and behavior" and the 2013 Association for Psychological Science James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to applied psychological research, the Outstanding Professor Award from the Western Psychological Association, the American Psychological Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching, the Distinguished Career Award for Contributions to Education given by the American Psychological Association, and the California State University’s State-Wide Outstanding Professor Award. She is also a past-president of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Teaching of Psychology. Finally, she’s the author of books like Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities, and Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking.

In this episode, we talk about sex differences in cognitive abilities, some issues we have to take into account, the biopsychosocial model, and the biological and social aspects of “gender”. We also refer to the gender wage gap, and striking a balance between one’s professional and personal lives, and if the proposal of going back to same-sex schooling has any merit. Finally, we talk about critical thinking, the types of skills that it involves, how we can teach them to people (children and adults), and about creativity.  

Time Links:

00:58 Why should we know more about sex differences?

04:25 The correct way to think about cognitive abilities          

09:57 Genetic and environmental influences        

14:53 Biological aspects of sex differences     

18:39 Aspects of socialization      

21:51 The gender wage gap, professional and personal life

26:08 Does same-sex schooling have any merit?

32:34 Critical thinking skills

35:19 Do critical thinking skills transfer between different intellectual areas?

38:05 Why is it so difficult to acquire these skills?  

41:54 About creativity

45:58 Follow Dr. Halpern’s work!  

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I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:

https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo

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Dr. Nick Chater is Professor of Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School. He works on rationality and language using a range of theoretical and experimental approaches. He has over 200 publications, has won four national awards for psychological research, and has served as Associate Editor for the journals Cognitive Science, Psychological Review, and Psychological Science. He was elected a Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society in 2010 and a Fellow of the British Academy in 2012. Dr. Chater is co-founder of the research consultancy Decision Technology, and is on the advisory board of the Cabinet Office's Behavioural Insight Team (BIT). He’s also the author of “The Mind is Flat: The Illusion of Mental Depth and The Improvised Mind”.

In this episode, the conversation revolves around the main topics of Dr. Chater’s book, The Mind is Flat. We talk about the many illusions that compose our minds, from the way we interpret other people’s behavior and our own, to the attribution of desires, motivations and goals to it. We also discuss how our cognition works, and how our perceptual systems process information. Other topics include the lack of correspondence between our representations and the things outside in the world; how we interpret emotions; the issue about preferences and personality; why we still need our mental illusions to function properly; and if AI systems can also acquire them, namely emotions and consciousness.

Time Links:

01:06 The basic premise of “The Mind is Flat”

05:33 We are like fictional characters          

09:59 The problem with stories and narratives        

13:58 The illusions our minds create (about motives, desires, goals, etc.)     

17:44 The distinction between the conscious mind and brain activity      

22:34 Does dualism make sense? 

27:11 Is modularity of mind a useful approach?

31:21 How our perceptual systems work 

41:49 How we represent things in our minds 

44:57 The Kuleshov effect, and the interpretation of emotions  

52:05 About preferences and personality

55:42 Why do we need our mental illusions?

59:10 The importance of our imagination

1:01:31 Can AI systems produce the same illusions (emotions, consciousness)?

1:04:53 Follow Dr. Chater’s work!  

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Twitter handle: @NickJChater

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I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:

https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo

And check out my playlists on:

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Dr. David P. Barash is Professor of Psychology Emeritus at the University of Washington. He has written, edited or co-authored 40 books, including ones on human aggression, peace studies, and the sexual behavior of animals and people. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and has been the recipient of several honors. His books include “Homo Mysterious – Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature”, “Buddhist Biology: Ancient Eastern Wisdom Meets Modern Western Science”, “Approaches to Peace: A Reader in Peace Studies”, and “Through a Glass Brightly: using science to see our species as we really are”.

In this episode, we talk about some aspects of human sexuality and behavior that have yet to be properly accounted for from an evolutionary perspective, including concealed ovulation, mating systems (polygamy and monogamy), homosexuality and consciousness. 

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Dr. Barbara Oakley is a Professor of Engineering at Oakland University. She is involved in multiple areas of research, ranging from STEM education, to engineering education, to learning practices. Her work focuses on the complex relationship between neuroscience and social behavior. She has published in outlets as varied as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. Her research has been described as “revolutionary” in the Wall Street Journal. She’s the author of Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend, and the editor of Pathological Altruism.

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Oakley about some of the topics of her books, and particularly about pathological altruism, its many manifestations, and its relation to empathy. We also talk a bit about psychopathy, and other negative psychological traits, and their innate and developmental aspects.  

Time Links:

00:58 What are “evil genes”?

08:24 The issue with labelling psychological conditions          

10:10 What is pathological altruism?        

14:55 When well-meaning tendencies lead to bad outcomes     

20:20 Pathological altruism and psychological traits      

26:28 About empathy 

30:10 When pathological altruism is aggravated by morality

32:09 About psychopathy, Machiavellianism, borderline personality disorder

35:39 Innate and acquired aspects 

39:58 Follow Dr. Oakley’s work!  

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Twitter handle: @barbaraoakley

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I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:

https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo

And check out my playlists on:

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THIS TIME, IT’S AUDIO-ONLY. I’VE BEEN HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH THE RECORDING PROGRAM THAT I HOPE TO SOLVE DEFINITELLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. PLEASE ENJOY!

Dr. Simon DeDeo is an Assistant Professor in Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He also runs the Laboratory for Social Minds, were he and his team undertake empirical investigations, and build mathematical theories, of both historical and contemporary phenomena.

In this episode, we talk about the ways we can apply knowledge and mathematical models from Physics to the study of human social behavior and cultural evolution. We also deal with the philosophical issue of emergentism vs reductionism.  

Time Links:

00:43 Why Dr. DeDeo decided to go from Physics to studying human social behavior

02:52 What a Physics-style perspective bring to the social sciences          

06:26 Are there common laws at all levels of existence?       

09:45 How people process social information     

15:14 Collectives and individuals     

20:51 Is collective organization spontaneous? 

25:10 Trying to get at our mental algorithms

30:55 Collecting information to study historical events

34:56 About game theory 

40:39 Studying cultural evolution

44:45 Emergentism vs Reductionism

57:28 Follow Dr. DeDeo’s work!  

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Twitter handle: @SimonDeDeo

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I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018:

https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo

And check out my playlists on:

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Dr. Clark McCauley is a Research Professor of Psychology and co-director of the Solomon Asch Center for the Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict at Bryn Mawr College. His research interests include the psychology of group identification, group dynamics and intergroup conflict, and the psychological foundations of ethnic conflict and genocide. He is founding editor of the journal Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward Terrorism and Genocide. He’s also the author of several books, including Why Not Kill Them All? The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder (2006), Friction: How Conflict Radicalizes Them and Us (2011), and The Marvel of Martyrdom: The Power of Self-Sacrifice in a Selfish World (2018).

In this episode, we focus on political radicalization mechanisms. We talk about the three levels of political radicalization (individual, group, mass), and some of the main mechanisms that go associated with them, with particular focus on social disconnection, grievance (individual and group), and slippery slope processes. We also discuss how people react to threats and what they perceive to be social and political instability. We also cover essentialist thinking and dehumanization, and the hard-to-understand cases of self-sacrifice and lone-wolf terrorism. Toward the end, we also have time to discuss the mismatch between ideology and action, and some solutions to counter (and mostly to prevent) political radicalization.

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Why Not Kill Them All?: The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder: https://amzn.to/2VPVHMJ

Friction: How Conflict Radicalizes Them and Us: https://amzn.to/2Va1Q1O

The Marvel of Martyrdom: The Power of Self-Sacrifice in a Selfish World: https://amzn.to/302z6Ml

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A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BRIAN RIVERA, ADRIANO ANDRADE, YEVHEN BODRENKO, SERGIU CODREANU, ADAM BJERRE, ŁUKASZ STAFINIAK, AIRES ALMEIDA, BERNARDO SEIXAS, AND HERBERT GINTIS!

A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PRODUCERS, YZAR WEHBE and ROSEY!