Why Digital Minds Can’t Wake Up - Andrés Gómez Emilsson , DemystifySci #407

Digital systems can imitate intelligence, but they cannot form the unified inner world that makes a mind awake. Andres Gomez Emilsson explains why coherence, boundaries, and lived integration are essential features of consciousness that code alone cannot replicate...yet. The conversation explores the limits of simulation, the illusion of depth in generative models, and why machine behavior is not the same as experience. What emerges is a clearer picture of where digital minds stop and where our minds begin. If AGI is really our goal, we seem to be going about it all wrong. And that's a big "if."Part 2: https://youtu.be/zJ08l61JI58PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysciPARADOX LOST PRE-SALE: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY7sKdoN5d29eUdYddEs0bHOMEBREW MUSIC - Check out our new album!Hard Copies (Vinyl): FREE SHIPPING https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-hereStreaming:https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-herePARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show00:00 Go! Rethinking intelligence in machines00:05:16 Introducing the Co-sentience Initiative00:08:24 Limits of digital consciousness00:13:03 Why simulated systems fall short00:17:24 Beyond local update rules00:22:32 PageRank and boundary-based consciousness00:29:10 Consciousness as boundary-constrained integration00:33:06 Why AI lacks human-like expression00:36:17 Will, personality, and authentic agency00:43:32 Consciousness as veilance optimization00:47:01 Harmony, surprise, and predictive filtering00:53:45 Will, intuition, and deeper internal drives01:00:18 Selfhood, subagents, and integrated experience01:07:28 Simulation vs physical implementation01:13:29 Power without consciousness #consciousness, #artificialintelligence, #agi, #machineintelligence, #philosophyofmind, #cognition, #neuroscience, #computationalmodels, #aisafety, #emergence, #complexsystems, #qualia, #intelligence, #technology #physicspodcast, #philosophypodcast MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rssMAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671