The following is a conversation with Yosha Bach, VP of Research at the AI Foundation

with the history of research positions at MIT and Harvard.

Yosha is one of the most unique and brilliant people in the artificial intelligence community,

exploring the workings of the human mind, intelligence, consciousness, life on earth,

and the possibly simulated fabric of our universe.

I can see myself talking to Yosha many times in the future.

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