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From: Joscha Bach < To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 23:09:01 +0000 Attachments: AI_of the_Observer.pdf This is a horrible one! Not only does he not understand what computation is (a formal theory of the behavior of general causal systems), dishonestly equates computation with a digital von-Neumann architecture (no one among his opponents would claim that there is a "multiplication module" in the brain etc., and he knows that), but he also stoops down to enactivism, i.e. cognition is somehow "out there" in the world. I think the enactivists got it backwards. Cognition is not an interaction between bodies and worlds, but bodies and worlds are constructs within the brain; "out there" is only an entangled pattern in which our mind finds regularity. Btw, here is a proposal that I sent out last week to the Foundational Questions Institute, to discuss some of the implications of AI for physics. Am 31.05.2016 um 13:43 schrieb jeffrey E. <[email protected]>: https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved EFTA00650101