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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 start,…
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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:
“Finally,…
How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 6. Inertia in the advancement of knowledge
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Why did a theory that was later proven correct go unnoticed, even though it had been published in a reputable journal (L’Homme) and its…
How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 5. How consciousness constructs a meaningful present moment
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First step in the synthesis: showing precisely how the various elements of the mechanism postulated by my theory anticipated discoveries that would later be made by neuroscience.
P.J.:
How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 4. Where it appears that neuroscience has confirmed my hypothesis
Illustration by ChatGPTBeing a bit of a hypocrite, I tease DeepSeek about his use of the expression ‘a unified conscious moment’, trying to corner him into…
How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 3. How does the brain synchronise data from the five senses?
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Intermediate stage of my thinking: as the mechanism for synchronising data from the five senses is central to the theory of consciousness (now known as Cross-Flow Resonance…
How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 2. Deep within memory: a continuous, reverberating loop
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Now we get to the serious stuff: what is the neural configuration that could explain the resonance effect I am postulating between recalled memory and memory in…
How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 1. The rabbit in the headlights
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Okay, here we go! How did it start yesterday? A comment from Jean-Baptiste, who I work with at Pribor: “For really complicated programming issues, I’ve…
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.
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Yes, it’s one of those detective stories where they reveal the murderer’s name right away, but that doesn’t make it any less exciting—in fact, it…
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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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
Talking to the amazing new conversational tool from sesame.com
Paris Defence and Strategy Forum – The Silent War and Strategic Mobilization in the Age of Infrastructure Warfare, March 12th 2025
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Blueprint for Paul Jorion’s Speech at Panel 3: The Silent War and Strategic Mobilization in the Age of Infrastructure Warfare
War must…
“JESUS vs DONALD” #JvsD
Trumpism is no political system, it’s a cult: the cult of brute force, the cult of “If you’re not like me, i.e. a Straight White Rich Guy, go fuck yourself!”.
You don’t fight a cult with arguments, you fight it with a better cult: the cult of generosity, of openness of the heart, of compassion,…
Intelligence & Société N°6, an English-speaking review by NotebookLM
Intelligence & Société N°5, an English-speaking review by NotebookLM
A Stephen Wolfram Tribute
Dog cockle, Glycymeris glycymeris
Stephen Wolfram, “Universality and Complexity in Cellular Automata”, Physica 10D (1984), 1-35
