AI Expert on the Dawn of Conscious Machines | William Hahn

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

William Hahn is Director of AGI & AI Safety and the founder of Hahn AI, a company that develops cutting-edge AI solutions. William is a technologist and researcher, specializing in the intersection of artificial intelligence, programming languages, and the nature of consciousness.

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LINKS:

- Snow Crash (book): https://amzn.to/3zYqJb9

- Center for the Future Mind (website): https://www.fau.edu/future-mind/

- Archive of Alan Turing’s papers: https://turingarchive.kings.cam.ac.uk/

- Richard Hamming’s lecture series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30

- Iain McGilchrist on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-SgOwc6Pe4

- Gregory Chaitin on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guQIkV6yCik

- Mindfest playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlOPw7Hqkc6-MXEMBy0fnZcb

- Susan Schneider’s website: https://schneiderwebsite.com/index.html

- Susan Schneider’s Google talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwVKXKlU1GU

- William Hahn’s short course series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKoZnCEAIkvkvyVpbqx71EMT8BLpD6Oaq

- Ekkolapto’s Polymath project: https://www.ekkolapto.org/polymath

- Ekkolapto’s event page: https://ekkolapto.substack.com/

- HyperPhysics website: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html

- Joscha Bach and Michael Levin on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgMFnfB5E_A

- Stephen Wolfram on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YRlQQw0d-4

- Curt on Julian Dorey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1mKNGo9JLQ

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Introduction

02:30 - AI’s Impact on Language and Human Thought

05:10 - Mind as a Programmable System and Historical Metaphors

08:45 - Society of Mind Theory and AI Agents

11:30 - Consciousness, Awareness, and Metacognition

15:00 - Free Will, Emotions, and Unconscious Programming

18:40 - Brain as an Immune System and Handling Unthinkable Thoughts

22:50 - Informational Parasites, Memes, and Nam Shub of Enki

28:15 - AI Security: Vulnerabilities and Protecting Minds

33:00 - The Cultural Shift: AI’s Influence on Psychology

37:45 - Historical Secrecy in AI and Government Role

42:30 - AI’s Evolution: Role of Data, Hardware, and Differentiation

47:20 - Speculating on Hidden AI Capabilities and Advanced Systems

51:10 - Richard Hamming’s Insights on Learning and Ambiguity

57:10 - Revisiting Ancient Knowledge and Advanced Civilizations

01:03:30 - Artifacts of Ancient Technology and Modern Interpretations

01:09:10 - Defining Meaning, Spirit, and Information in AI

01:14:35 - Wolfram’s Physics Model and Emergent Computation

01:20:00 - Computational Models of Consciousness and Mind

01:27:28 - Wolfram's Symbolic Language and Analog Computing

01:34:00 - Agent-Based Programming and AI Evolution

01:39:10 - Knowledge Gaps and Flat Earth as a Metaphor

01:45:00 - Synesthesia, Music, and Human Perception

01:52:24 - The Intersection of Software and Hardware

02:00:02 | Complexity Crisis in Modern Technology

02:06:00 - Optical Computing and AI's Future

02:12:08 - Philosophical Reflections on AI and Consciousness

02:20:00 - The Amorphous Boundary Between Software and Hardware

02:28:00 - Technology, Religion, and the Need for a New Understanding

02:37:15 - Outro / Support TOE

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