Mary Martin
@marymartin
awareness, imagination, futures thinking, and hope.
Mary Martin
marymartinphd.com
If consciousness really can arise in a jumble of silicon chips, we run the risk of creating countless AIs — beings, really — that can not only intelligently perform tasks, but develop feelings about their lives.
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Rather than asking if each new AI system is finally the one that has conscious experience, focusing on the more fundamental question of
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We build upon the key fact that the brain is (part of) the body and as such, like any other bodily organ, the brain is made of cells. The focus on cellular rather than neural, brain processing allows us to underscore the idea that flexible responses to changes in the environments requires flexible adjustments not only through neural, but also... See more
Frontiers | The brain is not mental! coupling neuronal and immune cellular processing in human organisms
The Science of Awe
The Science of Awe: This white paper explores the nature of awe, what elicits it, who is more prone to experiencing it, and the effects it has on individuals.
ggsc.berkeley.eduMindfulness Research and conferencing
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Although the shift did not happen that quickly, there is certainly evidence to suggest that the role of mindfulness within psychological treatment is here to stay and will only increase as times goes on.
Lynn Rossy • Mindfulness: More Than Just a New Technique
Mindfulness and therapy
Design Artifacts and Gaming Transform Financial Planning Services
Designing financial planning services using tangible design artifacts and gaming frameworks to make them more inclusive and enjoyable.
LinkGame Design and
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Spines Targets 8,000 AI-Generated Books by 2025, Sparking Debate In The Publishing Industry
timesnownews.com
publishing and AI
Many of the predictions that structure human experience concern our own internal physiological states. For example, we experience thirst and hunger in ways that are deeply anticipatory, allowing us to remedy looming shortfalls in advance, so as to stay within the correct zone for bodily integrity and survival. This means that we exist in a world... See more
What Generative AI Reveals About the Human Mind
If you do this long enough, if you tune this instrument on the meditation cushion long enough, after a while that does become more your default mode. You live in the room rather than living in the agitation of your conceptual reality.
Sean Illing • How mindfulness went mainstream
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On the other hand, I am a believer in radical hope, by which I mean recognising that the chances of success may be slim but still being driven to act by the values and vision you are rooted in. Time and again, humankind has risen up collectively, often against the odds, to tackle shared problems and overcome crises.
The challenge we face as a
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