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I used the GPT-3 AI and a Synthesia avatar (plus DeepMind’s flamingo).

For a deeper drive, I'd recommend the book Life 3.0, by MIT Professor Max Tegmark.

Sources

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, with Lex Fridman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfr50f6ZBvo&t=1962s

Elon Musk, with Joe Rogan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycPr5-27vSI&t=6539s

Detecting consciousness, Cambridge University:
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/brain-signatures

Imaging detects signs of consciousness:
https://physicsworld.com/a/imaging-detects-signs-of-consciousness-after-brain-damage/

Flamingo AI, DeepMind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8IV8WLVI8I&t=175s

Dr. Ben Goertzel - Artificial General Intelligence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw8IE3MX1SY&t=1642s

Quantum gravity sensors:
https://quantumsensors.org/sectors/civil-engineering

“Solving these scaling challenges is what will deliver AGI.”
Nando de Freitas, Research Director, DeepMind (former Oxford Prof)
https://twitter.com/NandoDF/status/1525398087203983360

CGP Grey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C25qzDhGLx8

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