Chris Newton | Joscha Bach Q&A with Royal Northern College of Music @RNCM_Philosophy | Uploaded December 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Joscha Bach is the Principal Artificial Intelligence Engineer at Intel Labs, with a history of research positions at AI Foundation, MIT and Harvard. He is one of the most fascinating minds in the AI community. We hope you enjoy our conversation with him! :)
Timestamps:
0:31 Overview
4:12 What is the value of art to an artificial intelligence?
7:00 Can AI think intuitively/metaphorically?
10:33 Joscha's favourite examples of AI art
13:41 As part of the Bach Family, did JS Bach's music have an influence on your intellectual development?
16:27 Is it possible to fully re-create the human mind with AI? If so, why?
19:03 Disagreement with John Vervaeke about Relevance Realisation
23:18 If an AI values music, what music would it prefer?
31:09 Embodied cognition: Does AI need a body to think?
40:39 Religion as programming for the mind
48:17 What causes variability in human minds?
55:15 Nature Vs Nurture
1:03:46 Is the self an illusion?
1:05:20 What is Infinity?
1:14:06 What makes something valuable to an AI?
1:23:43 Do archetypes have an objective existence?
1:26:34 Carl Jung: "I regard the psyche as real"
1:29:31 Death anxiety & Terror Management Theory; Non-attachment Vs Caring
1:39:08 The Future of AI; Joscha's interpretation of the Bible
1:45:34 Are we motivated by death anxiety to sexually reproduce?
1:53:26 Joscha's conception of the "AI Artist"
(Apologies for any inconsistencies in the video editing!)
Joscha Bach is the Principal Artificial Intelligence Engineer at Intel Labs, with a history of research positions at AI Foundation, MIT and Harvard. He is one of the most fascinating minds in the AI community. We hope you enjoy our conversation with him! :)
Timestamps:
0:31 Overview
4:12 What is the value of art to an artificial intelligence?
7:00 Can AI think intuitively/metaphorically?
10:33 Joscha's favourite examples of AI art
13:41 As part of the Bach Family, did JS Bach's music have an influence on your intellectual development?
16:27 Is it possible to fully re-create the human mind with AI? If so, why?
19:03 Disagreement with John Vervaeke about Relevance Realisation
23:18 If an AI values music, what music would it prefer?
31:09 Embodied cognition: Does AI need a body to think?
40:39 Religion as programming for the mind
48:17 What causes variability in human minds?
55:15 Nature Vs Nurture
1:03:46 Is the self an illusion?
1:05:20 What is Infinity?
1:14:06 What makes something valuable to an AI?
1:23:43 Do archetypes have an objective existence?
1:26:34 Carl Jung: "I regard the psyche as real"
1:29:31 Death anxiety & Terror Management Theory; Non-attachment Vs Caring
1:39:08 The Future of AI; Joscha's interpretation of the Bible
1:45:34 Are we motivated by death anxiety to sexually reproduce?
1:53:26 Joscha's conception of the "AI Artist"
(Apologies for any inconsistencies in the video editing!)
