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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”
Illustration by ChatGPTSo 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
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 3. How does the brain synchronise data from the five senses?
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?
On the puzzling behavior of generative AIs: What to make of recent interpretations of the inner workings of Claude, Anthropic’s large language model?
Illustration by DALL·E
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
Intelligence & Société N°6, an English-speaking review by NotebookLM
Intelligence & Société N°3, an English-speaking review by NotebookLM
Video – LLMs: Will we run out of data?
Exploring the Frontiers of AI and Society: My Journey as a Speaker and Columnist
In recent weeks, I have had the privilege of speaking to audiences in Lille, Brussels and Nîmes about the societal and ethical dimensions of large language models (LLMs). These discussions, sparked by my latest book, La Singularité. L’humain ébranlé par l’intelligence artificielle, have brought me face-to-face with the pressing questions and challenges posed by artificial…
A NEW “US” FOR NEW TIMES. XV. Updating the “us” within a technological context
A NEW “US” FOR NEW TIMES. XIV. Intelligence: A defining feature of our pride
A NEW “US” FOR NEW TIMES. XIII. Scaling up
A NEW “US” FOR NEW TIMES. XII. AI has the great disadvantage of being … artificial
A NEW “US” FOR NEW TIMES. XI. Why were we caught off-guard by AI?
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