Matthias Michel
@matthiasmichel.bsky.social
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
This is a point made by Doug Hofstadter in this 1981 dialogue: www.cse.unr.edu/~sushil/clas...
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
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!
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
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.
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
Yes the plan is to make the recordings available on the website (just haven’t had the time for now, sorry).