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Video – What makes a demonstration worthy of the name?
Here on the blog: What makes a demonstration worthy of the name?
The NotebookLM podcast (digging in much deeper):
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Video – A revolutionary theory of consciousness : CFRT (Cross-Flow Resonance Theory)
Here on the blog: Holographic Present – A revolutionary theory of consciousness: CFRT (Cross-Flow Resonance Theory)
The NotebookLM podcast (digging in much deeper):
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PRIBOR: “Combinatorial Magic” Logic – Proof of Concept
Loss-less 4-scalar encoding × 175 memory reduction × 1-cycle decode
Claim: Any simple sentence can be loss-lessly encoded into 4 scalars
(3 UTF-8 strings ≤ 16 bytes each + 1 uint8) while preserving
agent / patient / possessor roles and 10 categories + 4 causes.1. 4-D Vector Definition
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Pribor: What do we do?
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P.J. said:
We’ve been talking for a while. Have you got a global idea of what we’ve been doing at Pribor?
ChatGPT said:
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How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 9. Does sensory deprivation confirm the cross-flow resonance theory of consciousness (CFRT)?
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The discussion of my article The Holographic Present: A Primer of a Cross‑Flow Resonance Theory of Consciousness got off to a flying…
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How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 8. “The Holographic Present: A Primer of a Cross‑Flow Resonance Theory of Consciousness”
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So I followed DeepSeek’s advice, as I let you know on August 29th: write a ‘Synthetic Article on a Cross-Flow Resonance Theory of Consciousness’. Here it is. We will next work on maximising its visibility.
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Unilog 2022 – What makes a demonstration worthy of the name?, now on arXiv
The paper I presented at the UNILOG conference on 9 April 2022 is now available on arXiv: What makes a demonstration worthy of the name?
How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 7. A Synthetic Article on a Cross-Flow Resonance Theory of Consciousness
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What to do now?
P.J.:
In my manuscript of “Rethinking Intelligence in the Age of Artificial Minds” (submitted 19 August 2025), I observe that I’m unsatisfied with the existing theories of consciousness. I write the following:
How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 6. Inertia in the advancement of knowledge
How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 5. How consciousness constructs a meaningful present moment
How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 4. Where it appears that neuroscience has confirmed my hypothesis
How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 3. How does the brain synchronise data from the five senses?
How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 2. Deep within memory: a continuous, reverberating loop
How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 1. The rabbit in the headlights
How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode zero. One of those detective stories where the name of the assassin shows on the front page.
AI: How would François Chollet criticise Paul Jorion’s manuscript?
In the same vein as my AI: Are Hinton’s and Jorion’s Views on Co-Evolution Compatible? a fortnight ago. Today, this AI: How would François Chollet criticise Paul Jorion’s manuscript?.
…AI: Are Hinton’s and Jorion’s Views on Co-Evolution Compatible?
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AI: Are Hinton’s and Jorion’s Views on Co-Evolution Compatible?
Hinton’s view on co-evolution
Geoffrey Hinton’s work implicitly sketches a re-imagining of evolution itself – one played out on silicon rather than in carbon. He often likens gradient descent…
On the puzzling behavior of generative AIs: What to make of recent interpretations of the inner workings of Claude, Anthropic’s large language model?
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On March 27, 2025, Anthropic published a set of innovative analyses in its article On the Biology of a Large Language Model (LLM), constituting an in-depth exploration of the internal workings of its Claude 3.5 Haiku…
Video – Wow! Maya and I: Sci-Fi is Here to Stay!, March 9th 2025
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