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#consciousness

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MrsNo1Special

CIA Blackbook | Consciousness In Action Because They’re Programming It Before You’re Old Enough to Question It Homer Simpson predicts Trump’s presidency.
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Futurama casually introduces brain uploads and AI consciousness.
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CIA Blackbook | Consciousness In Action · WHY CARTOONS PREDICT REALITY - CIA Blackbook | Consciousness In Action - MediumBy MrsNo1Special
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Pauli sees consciousness as the active part in the drama (more so than Jung), while the unconscious is more passive and helpless. It can create a disturbance to be sure, but it cannot have any kind of consciousness or ‘intention’. Pauli may to some extent have changed his mind concerning this question later in life, as he seems to have wanted to make room for the experience that there is something in the unconscious…that demands widening of consciousness.
—Suzanne Gieser, The Innermost Kernel: Depth Psychology and Quantum Physics. Wolfgang Pauli's Dialogue with C.G. Jung
#pauli #jung #consciousness
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To Pauli it was essential to underline that mental content can only be changed if it is observed… The unconscious material certainly carries the potential for future development, but it must be ‘released’ by consciousness, which is itself expanded in the process.
—Suzanne Gieser, The Innermost Kernel: Depth Psychology and Quantum Physics. Wolfgang Pauli's Dialogue with C.G. Jung
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Pauli regarded the relationship between conscious and unconscious similarly to the relationship between measuring instrument and object in quantum physics. He therefore made the influence of consciousness the key point in his consideration of the matter, but also asserted that every expansion of consciousness results in an irreversible transformation of the psychic system as a whole.
—Suzanne Gieser, The Innermost Kernel: Depth Psychology and Quantum Physics. Wolfgang Pauli's Dialogue with C.G. Jung
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…one must recall Jung’s specific view of the unconscious. It is not a receptacle for suppressed material but our living and creative psychophysical source. To Jung the unconscious is synonymous with a ‘non-visual reality’ which is always acting on us.
—Suzanne Gieser, The Innermost Kernel: Depth Psychology and Quantum Physics. Wolfgang Pauli's Dialogue with C.G. Jung
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…Jung believes that a spontaneous process of maturing is taking place in the unconscious which is quite independent of whether consciousness is interacting with the unconscious or not. The unconscious shows a kind of direction, intention or will and acts as a driving force behind the development of consciousness.
—Suzanne Gieser, The Innermost Kernel: Depth Psychology and Quantum Physics. Wolfgang Pauli's Dialogue with C.G. Jung
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Psychedelic Institute

jneurosci.org/content/early/20 Electrophysiological correlates of lucid dreaming: sensor and source level signatures (Demeril, et al, 2025) #consciousness #luciddreaming #psychedelic #psychedelics #lsd #sleep #neuroscience

Journal of Neuroscience · Electrophysiological correlates of lucid dreaming: sensor and source level signaturesLucid dreaming (LD) is a state of conscious awareness of the ongoing oneiric state, predominantly linked to REM sleep. Progress in understanding its neurobiological basis has been hindered by small sample sizes, diverse EEG setups, and artifacts like saccadic eye movements. To address these challenges in the characterization of the electrophysiological correlates of LD, we introduced an adaptive multi-stage preprocessing pipeline, applied to human data (male and female) pooled across laboratories, allowing us to explore sensor- and source-level markers of LD. We observed that, while sensor-level differences between LD and non-lucid REM sleep were minimal, mixed-frequency analysis revealed broad low-alpha to gamma power reductions during LD compared to wakefulness. Source-level analyses showed significant beta power (12-30 Hz) reductions in right central and parietal areas, including the temporo-parietal junction, during LD. Moreover, functional connectivity in the alpha band (8-12 Hz) increased during LD compared to non-lucid REM sleep. During initial LD eye signaling compared to baseline, source-level gamma1 power (30-36 Hz) increased in right temporo-occipital regions, including the right precuneus. Finally, functional connectivity analysis revealed increased inter-hemispheric and inter-regional gamma1 connectivity during LD, reflecting widespread network engagement. These results suggest that distinct source-level power and connectivity patterns characterize the dynamic neural processes underlying LD, including shifts in network communication and regional activation that may underlie the specific changes in perception, memory processing, self-awareness, and cognitive control. Taken together, these findings illuminate the electrophysiological correlates of LD, laying the groundwork for decoding the mechanisms of this intriguing state of consciousness. Significance statement Lucid dreaming (LD) is a unique state of oneiric awareness, where individuals recognize they are dreaming while still in the dream. LD neural correlates remain elusive, as it is very rare and difficult to reproduce in the laboratory. Using an advanced preprocessing pipeline, we harmonized diverse EEG datasets to analyze the largest LD sample to date. We observed gamma power increases in the precuneus during initial eye lucidity signaling, beta power reductions in parietal areas, including the temporo-parietal junction, and enhanced alpha and gamma connectivity during LD over non-lucid REM sleep. These findings shed light on how the brain generates self-referential awareness and volitional action even during sleep.
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cogmodo

my first post on my new website is all about some connections between #ai and #consciousness

i’ve recently read the book „gödel, escher, bach: an eternal golden braid“ by douglas hofstadter and had some tidbits from it in mind while listening to one of the recent episodes of the mindscape podcast by sean carroll. that‘s where the ideas for this post came from

cogmodo.com/aiandconsciousness

cogmodo.comAI and Consciousness | cogmodoThe definition of consciousness, especially in the context of AI, is complex and debated. While some argue that only humans are conscious, others propose that any creature capable of reacting to external stimuli is conscious. This debate extends to AI, raising questions about the nature of complex brain functions and the limitations of human understanding.
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Michael Gisiger :mastodon:

This, I think, is the ultimate hard problem of #consciousness, not just in relation to #ai, but to any non-carbon-based 'life' we might encounter—if we're even able to recognise it as such:

”We as humans do not fully understand our own minds. Part of the challenge in understanding our own conscious experience is precisely that it is an internal self-referential experience. So how will we go about testing or recognizing it in an intelligence that is physically different and operates using different algorithms than our own?“

Carl Sagan coined a term for it: carbon chauvinism.

forbes.com/sites/gabrielasilva

ForbesCan AI Understand? The Chinese Room Argument Says No, But Is It Right?The Chinese room argument challenges the claim that AI can genuinely understand language, let alone possess true consciousness. But is it right?
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Dennis A

#Consciousness #Neuroscience #thalamus
"A team of scientists has identified areas of the brain that are activated when a person becomes aware of themself and their thoughts."

Scientists Think They’ve Found the Region of the Brain That Regulates Conscious Perception

"A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain receives."
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WIRED · Scientists Think They’ve Found the Region of the Brain That Regulates Conscious PerceptionBy Jorge Garay
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Joseph Meyer

I finished reading Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennett last night. I liked the author’s interdisciplinary approach to his theory of consciousness. He accomplished his aim of causing me to think differently, and I expect to continue thinking about what I read when I’m less sleepy. One trivial way the book influenced me is by changing my opinion from “hating AI” to “hating how AI is used today.” I think AI can be more useful in research for understanding consciousness, than as a tool for profit. #Consciousness #Philosophy #Psychology #Neuroscience #AI #Dennett #DanielDennett
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Bytes Europe

Mapping the mind: Chinese and French scientists advance on neural origins of consciousness byteseu.com/945447/ #BGIResearch #ClaudeBernardUniversityLyon1 #cognition #consciousness #CrabEatingMacaque #depression #evolution #Hippocampus #macaque #marmosets #NeurologicalDisorders #RNA #Science #SleepRegulation #SubcorticalRegions #TranscriptomeAtlas

Bytes Europe · Mapping the mind: Chinese and French scientists advance on neural origins of consciousnessChinese and French scientists have developed an extremely detailed blueprint of the crab-eating macaque’s claustrum, an elusive brain region believed to play a role in consciousness.The detailed map of connections between nerve cells in the macaque claustrum and the rest of the brain could help us understand how this region and its different cell types play a role in cognitive functions, such as memory integration and abstract thinking.The team also revealed significant differences in the structure and cell types of macaque and rodent claustrums, which could provide clues to help investigate the evolutionary mechanism behind consciousness. 09:07AI tool promises to
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