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Self-organization
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Joscha Bach argues that AI alignment requires formalizing love to ensure machines act with empathy.
Bach suggests that consciousness is more about resonance and less about circuitry, challenging traditional neuroscience views.
He believes current language models lack real-time world coupling, limiting their cognitive capabilities.
Bach posits that addiction is a loss of agency, contrasting with the common view of it as a pursuit of pleasure.
He claims that superintelligent AI won't experience suffering due to its non-human perception of the world.
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