#64 AI and the Global Brain
Trying to wrap our minds, hearts, and bodies around the rapidly evolving field of AI
“For now, what is important is not finding the answer, but looking for it.” ― Douglas R. Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Donald Hoffman is a cognitive scientist and author of more than 100 scientific papers and three books, including Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See (W.W. Norton, 2000). He received his BA from UCLA in Quantitative Psychology and his Ph.D. from MIT in Computational Psychology. He joined the faculty of UC Irvine in 1983, where he is now a full professor in the departments of cognitive science, computer science and philosophy. He received a Distinguished Scientific Award of the American Psychological Association for early career research into visual perception, the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation, and the Troland Research Award of the US National Academy of Sciences. He was chosen by students at UC Irvine to receive a campus-wide teaching award, and to be included in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.
Rupert Spira lives in the UK and holds regular meetings and retreats in Europe and the U.S. In these meetings he explores the perennial non-dual understanding that lies at the heart of all the great religious and spiritual traditions, such as Advaita Vedanta, Kashmir Shaivism, Hinduism, Buddhism, mystical Christianity, Sufism and Zen, and which is also the direct, ever-present reality of our own experience. It is a contemporary, experiential approach involving silent meditation, guided meditation and conversation, and it requires no affiliation to any particular religious or spiritual tradition. All that is needed is an interest in the essential nature of experience, and in the longing for love, peace and happiness around which most of our lives revolve.
Topics
- 00:00:00 – Introduction
- 00:03:30 – What’s at the Your Current Edge?
- 00:10:35 – Is the Mind the Right Instrument for Exploring Consciousness?
- 00:18:52 – Resting in the Unknown and What Is Understanding, The Ultimate Science?
- 00:26:44 – What Does the Ego Want?
- 00:37:00 – Why Does the One Let Itself Go Unconscious?
- 00:52:00 – What Are The Limits of Language and Thoughts to Express Consciousness?
- 00:56:56 – The Amplitudhedron and Beyond
- 01:02:00 – How Can We Perceive Outside of Spacetime?
- 01:16:39 – Spiritual Bypassing: Awakening and Transcending
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