Philosophy Fridays – Frank's World of Data Science & AI

Why the ‘Unreasonable Effectiveness’ of Mathematics?

Frank
January 22, 2021
41 sec read

What is it about mathematics that it can describe so accurately the world around us? In this talk that straddles the border of hard science... Details

How Does Matter Give Rise To Consciousness?

Frank
January 15, 2021
4 sec read

Sam Harris ponders how matter gives rise to consciousness? Details

Physics Says That We Don’t Have Free Will?!

Frank
October 16, 2020
58 sec read

Sabine Hossenfelder explains why free will is incompatible with the currently known laws of nature and why the idea makes no sense anyway. Compare this... Details

Could You Ever Upload Your Mind Into A Computer?

Frank
August 14, 2020
30 sec read

Philosophy Tube explores what the future holds for consciousness, compute, and AI. What does this mean? Biology meets computer science meets philosophy! Following a discussion... Details

Why You Should Read "Waiting For Godot"

Frank
June 26, 2020
43 sec read

TED-Ed explores why you should read Waiting for Godot, something I had to read for a philosophy class once. Two men, Estragon and Vladimir, meet... Details

Joscha Bach on Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality

Frank
June 21, 2020
1 min read

Lex Fridman interviews Joscha Bach. Joscha Bach is the VP of Research at the AI Foundation, previously doing research at MIT and Harvard. Joscha work... Details