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The Importance of Conceiving of Ourselves as Conscious Entities
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Understanding ourselves as conscious entities that operate in this world can help us make sense of it. The desire to live is built into our DNA through evolution.

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The desire to live is intrinsic to all living beings, as evolution has built survival as a fundamental instinct in their DNA.
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Evolution
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The desire to live is intrinsic to all living beings, as evolution has built survival as a fundamental instinct in their DNA.

Chapter
The Importance of Conceiving of Ourselves as Conscious Entities
Episode
#208 – Jeff Hawkins: The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence
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Lex Fridman Podcast
The neocortex in AI won't have desires or emotional states unless motivated but independent consciousness is important for machines to learn how to operate on their own.
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AI
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The neocortex in AI won't have desires or emotional states unless motivated but independent consciousness is important for machines to learn how to operate on their own.

Chapter
The Importance of Conceiving of Ourselves as Conscious Entities
Episode
#208 – Jeff Hawkins: The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast