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Coding Consciousness: An Algorithm for Awareness?

2024-09-13 Science & Technology
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Can conscious self-awareness be coded in an algorithm? According to distinguished computer scientist Lenore Blum and Turing Award Laureate Manuel Blum the answer is "yes," and they join Brian Greene to explain their approach. This program is part of the Big Ideas series, supported by the John Templeton Foundation. Participants: Lenore Blum Manuel Blum Moderator: Brian Greene 00:00 - Introduction 01:48 - Participant Introductions 10:52 - Theories of Consciousness: The Theatre Model 21:10 - Theories of Consciousness: A Turing Machine That Models Consciousness 26:21 - Comparing Machine World Models to Human Consciousness 31:47 - Will AI Gain Consciousness? 40:43 - Credits - SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel and "ring the bell" for all the latest videos from WSF - VISIT our Website: http://www.worldsciencefestival.com - LIKE us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldsciencefestival - FOLLOW us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WorldSciFest #consciousness #worldsciencefestival #briangreene #ai #artificialintelligence

Top Comments (10)

@aminomar4002 2024-09-14

actually the story was not about the actor on the theatre stage himself but the one who uses that stage as a whole, it’s possible to put himself on that stage but the main idea was about the existence of the stage and the activities that take place on it means that there’s something uses that stage (the existence of consciousness type one), I mentioned temporary memory as a theatre stage to make it easier for the public to imagine and understand that because I gave them an example on how they see and recognise the text they read.

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@andrewj22 2024-09-24

21:56 "Attention is not all you need." I see what you did there! 😂

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@DobrinWorld 2024-09-16

Thank you guys!

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@williammason1932 2025-05-24

Incredible the amount of genius on that stage all at the same time

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@TheAdaptiveHumanProject 2024-09-14

I love the seeking and testing.

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@oliverjamito9902 2024-09-20

Yes, keep watch!

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@loonpohchuah4044 2024-09-15

informative discussion! Image the embeddings of the word rose infuse with additional perception, sensory etc info!

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@MrSat001 2025-07-25

Thanks for providing audio in Hindi 👍

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@SeeDeeply 2024-09-14

Wow! I was riveted to every word!

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@McFedro 2024-09-15

Beautiful talk!!!!

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