Charles Munford hosts a lively discussion every month called “Agential Topics.” I was a guest and the group had a wide ranging enjoyable conversation. My paper “Biology Transcends the Limits of Computation” is the manifesto behind the Evolution 2.0 Prize. In this presentation I explain my wider thinking behind the paper as well as my personal journey that led me here. 

I explain how science has gotten cause and effect backwards – it’s not chemicals -> codes -> cognition, it’s cognition -> code -> chemicals; and if we are ever going to solve the information problem (or cancer, or viruses, or origin of life, or generate REAL AI) we are going to have to start with cognition and consciousness, which I believe are fundamental.

The extensive Q&A explores many adjacent topics:

 Charles posts those videos on his YouTube channel.

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