How Psychedelics and AI Are Unveiling the Secrets of Consciousness with Andrés Gómez Emilsson
In this episode, Andrés Gómez Emilsson, President and Director of Research at Qualia Research Institute (QRI), delves into the future of consciousness and what it really means. With a professional background in graph theory, statistics, and affective science, Andrés discusses QRI's mission to uncover the mathematical structure of consciousness, covering topics such as the blinding problem, boundary problem, and valence realism. We also explore how AI can become positively conscious and the use of psychedelics in his research program.
Andrés is excited to announce QRI's first peer-reviewed paper, "The 'Slicing Problem' for Computational Theories of Consciousness," which has been published in Open Philosophy, and shares that they will soon be releasing a solution to the binding problem and more valence and psychedelic research.
Finally, he invites those with substantial meditation or psychedelic experience in technical fields to reach out and grow the network.
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Topics:
Welcome Andrés Gómez Emilsson to The Rhys Show!: (00:00:00)
Intro: (00:01:34)
What got Andrés going down the rabbit hole of consciousness: (00:02:29)
What is consciousness?: (00:05:47)
How did Andrés reframe the binding problem: (00:11:48)
Going from the binding problem to the boundary problem: (00:17:35)
How does Andrés interact with general consciousness researchers?: (00:26:51)
About the amazing page Research Lineages :(00:30:30)
How is Andrés’ work going to relate to the more general field of consciousness science? :(00:31:32)
How do you use psychedelics as part of your research program :(00:37:57)
Can artificial intelligence become conscious? :(00:43:32)
Why is hardware conscious and how does it relate to human consciousness: (00:48:22)
Advice for ambitious young people who want to get into the field of consciousness: (00:51:00)
Andrés’ production function: (00:53:18)
Overrated and underrated questions: (00:55:56)
Wrap Up: (00:57:52)
Mentioned resources:
The Binding Problem of Consciousness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YffjMVwBhZ0
Research Lineages: https://qri.org/research-lineages
“Center of the Cyclone: Looking into Inner Space” Book by John C. Lilly: https://www.amazon.com/Center-Cyclone-Looking-Inner-Space/dp/1579510388
The Slicing Problem: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/opphil-2022-0225/html
“Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha” Book by Daniel Ingram: https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1911597108
Connect with Andrés Gómez Emilsson:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/algekalipso
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andr%C3%A9s-g%C3%B3mez-emilsson-b3084539/
Qualia Research Institute: https://qri.org/people/andr%C3%A9s-g%C3%B3mez-emilsson
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/algekalipso/
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