Matthias Michel
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Matthias Michel
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Assistant professor at MIT, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. Philosophy of science and cognitive science of consciousness.
This is a point made by Doug Hofstadter in this 1981 dialogue: www.cse.unr.edu/~sushil/clas...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Steve and I are currently working on the response, it's been really great to read and think about all the commentaries (>150 pages of commentaries!) I thought the speech processing example in this one was excellent, and more grist to our mill!
October 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I’m not saying we should ignore the biological details. I think the details matter a lot for implementing the right functions. But if you think biology matters beyond that, just give me a *biological* property that reliably distinguishes conscious from unconscious states.
October 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Thanks!
October 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Yes the plan is to make the recordings available on the website (just haven’t had the time for now, sorry).
October 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM