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Computer Minds, Mike Levin & Panpsychism
In this episode of Philosophy, Programs, and Prompts, Casey Hart ( @OntologyExplained ) and Carl Brown( @InternetOfBugs ) dive deep into biologist Michael Levin’s provocative claims about cognition in basic computer algorithms. Does a distributed bubble sort display "delayed gratification" or proto-cognitive desires? Or are these emergent properties simply artifacts of velocity differences, ill-defined terms, and after-the-fact p-hacking?Casey and Carl break down the computer science, philosophical frameworks (substrate independence, Platonic spaces, and supervenience), and the importance of…
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