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The Simulation Within with Karl Friston
Season 15 · Episode 60

The Simulation Within with Karl Friston

Are we all living in a simulation inside our brains? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly learn about the root of perception, if AI really is intelligent, and The Free Energy Principle with theoretical neuroscientist Karl Friston.

StarTalk Radio · Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, Gary O'Reilly, Karl Friston

October 18, 202458m 7s

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Are we all living in a simulation inside our brains? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly learn about the root of perception, if AI really is intelligent, and The Free Energy Principle with theoretical neuroscientist Karl Friston.

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