John Vervaeke - Attention, Agency & Aligning AI

Mahon McCann · Mar 28, 2024 · 1h 1m

John is a professor of cognitive science and cognitive psychology at the University of Toronto and the creator of "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis." (check out his channel here and the PP and RR integration talk here ).

In this podcast, we are discussing

* predictive processing

* John’s integration of predictive processing and relevance realisation

* the nature and function of attention

* Attention’s relation to agency and meaning in life

* How can this new understanding of human beings be used to create aligned AI

Chapters:

00:00 The Quest for Inner Peace and Optimal Agency

00:23 Welcoming…