COMPLEXITY

If you like ideas and the confluence of everything, you’ll love Complexity. The only possible drawback is you may get tired of saying “WOW!”

I’m glad the SFI is exploring these questions about the nature of intelligence. It’s essential in this new so-called “Age of Intelligence” (Sam Altman). But it’s hard to tell who the intended audience is. Generally, it’s quite rudimentary in terms of its depth. Worse, experts who skew primarily physicalist / materialist are brought in to make claims about intelligence with basically no critical examination from the hosts. I would love to hear more of a critical examination of these viewpoints, and an exploration of alternative viewpoints on consciousness, mind, and intelligence, perhaps even some idealist perspectives now that the hard problem of consciousness is growing ever more intractable and pressing.

The show is now an inch deep with 5-10 experts per episode instead of depth with one expert. It’s so disappointing. There’s a bunch of commentary on the episode as the episode is in flight - just let the people speak!

I love this podcast and always look forward to listening.