Ancient Cultures Were Actually Talking About AI

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In his theory of Cyberanimism, cognitive scientist Joscha Bach suggests that ancient spiritual texts might not be mystical metaphors, but technical manuals written before we understood technology. For thousands of years, civilizations wrote about spirits and consciousness in ways that seemed primitive to our modern understanding. But what if they were describing something profound about the nature of intelligence and consciousness that we're only now rediscovering as we develop artificial intelligence? Through ancient wisdom, developmental psychology, and cutting-edge AI research, this exploration reveals a radical new perspective on consciousness — and how understanding an ancient spirit called Moloch might be crucial to navigating the challenges ahead as we develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) and artificial super intelligence (ASI). 📧 Join the community: https://mindfulmachines.ai?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=channel&utm_content=sQpgU3TWrLs References "We Are All Software" - Joscha Bach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34VOI_oo-qM California Institute for Machine Consciousness https://cimc.ai/ The Selfish Gene https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61535.The_Selfish_Gene The Language Game https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57941478-the-language-game Meditations on Moloch https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ Neural circuit policies enabling auditable autonomy https://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/publik_292280.pdf 00:00 The Birth of Now 08:15 The Simplest Algorithm 15:43 Patterns That Possess 21:00 Past is Prologue Music Like A Ghost 7 (60) by Alexis Smith License ID: z0gRQQ4Dred https://t.lickd.co/e2wgVozQknK Through The Night 10 (60) by Joe Henson License ID: L9R4KKgD8Aw https://t.lickd.co/mvoJMdXMvAZ According To Plan by Luke Richards License ID: n8Q6zbEVQmP https://t.lickd.co/gYJp7Dk5gmL Compelling Evidence by Luke Richards License ID: XybM9QmvbY8 https://t.lickd.co/MomxP4Qbgmk Myriad by Paul Mottram License ID: G08G02kv3P5 https://t.lickd.co/yAj5Q92yjP6 Neutrinos by Paul Mottram License ID: 23vrRxQAv8z https://t.lickd.co/Z0qQ1B2Pq2J Binary Dreaming by Luke Richards License ID: oewx7A97KJZ Passing Time by Paul Mottram License ID: AZ5xPvM45vW https://t.lickd.co/B47MgDMEVJX Faded Memories by Luke Richards License ID: B341LB8Jkvy https://t.lickd.co/a7nw8rRWKwY Searching For Answers by Luke Richards License ID: VJ7aw6nrG4m https://t.lickd.co/ynWQm1VN8WR The Dread by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/ Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ A Sapient Singularity by Noah Sorota License ID: YqeJ557gK3a https://t.lickd.co/G4RmYWmvXRd You're In Danger by Luke Richards License ID: W2d1Z747zNl https://t.lickd.co/9QqKL96QwXO Where Is My Mind? by Thom Cooper License ID: yrvyOrmmM3x https://t.lickd.co/6gor714xm13