Solving our universe’s greatest mysteries may hinge on decoding consciousness—whether human, artificial, extraterrestrial or 'other'—and investigating if ancient forms of consciousness have been right under our noses. Harvard astrophysicist and UAP/UFO field investigator Avi Loeb discusses a future where we co-exist with super-intelligent AI and a possible “cosmic neighbor” capable of either enlightening or conquering us. This episodic documentary features developmental synthetic biologist and cognition researcher Michael Levin (creator of Xenobots, the first AI-designed bio-robots) and complexity scientists and origins-of-life researchers Stuart Kauffman and Joana Xavier, whose work may reshape our definition of “lyfe.”
We dig into the biases, barriers and blindspots in science and academia that hold back progress, and the mindsets that catalyze scientific revolutions.
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I’m Andréa Morris, an interdisciplinary researcher dedicated to advancing the field of investigative journalism, contributing more than 80 science and tech news stories to Forbes. My work explores complexity science, theory of mind, consciousness, intelligence, inspiration, intuition, motivation, productivity, creative problem-solving and the exploration of diverse intelligence—substrate independent.
This channel features documentary style interviews with subject matter experts, highlighting research that informs my reporting. It also examines the philosophy underpinning scientific paradigms, challenging assumptions and addressing human exceptionalism in the context of generative AI, LLM, AGI, machine learning, exponential technology, and credible accounts of UAP.
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