Erik Hoel: Free Will, Consciousness, and Hopeful Futures
Published: July 14, 2025
Duration: 1:21:10
The very great Erik Hoel joins me for a conversation on AI, free will, emergence, creativity, neuroscience, consciousness and much more. Hope you enjoy!
For the full transcript of our conversation, click here.
Important Links:
The Intrinsic PerspectiveErik on Twitter/XShow Notes:
(0:00:00) Guest Introduction
(0:05:12) Innovative Structures in Fiction
(0:09:43) Gender Dynamics in Publishing
(0:13:19) Erik Hoel's Origin Story
(0:20:11) An Unorthodox Literary Trajectory
(0:30:34) Consciousness and Information Theory
(0:35:45) Science At the Edges
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