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Podcast: Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)
Episode: THE HARD PROBLEM OF OBSERVERS - WOLFRAM & FRISTON [SPECIAL EDITION]
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This is the epic special edition show you have been waiting for! With two of the most brilliant scientists alive today.
Atoms, things, agents, ... observers. What even defines an "observer" and what properties must all observers share? How do objects persist in our universe given that their material composition changes over time? What does it mean for a thing to be a thing? And do things...