46. Artificial Superintelligence and the Return to Bicameral Mentality

<p>&quot;If you are familiar with Jaynesian theory, you understand that conscious interiority is not a biological given. It is a recently learned cultural technology -- one that succeeded the hallucinated voices of the bicameral mind. We moved from a world orchestrated by the monumental architecture of ancient ziggurats -- where hallucinated gods directed every action -- to a civilization on the verge of handing it&#39;s executive function to a modern, global network of of artificial superintelligence. ...&quot;</p><p>Learn more by reading &quot;Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind,&quot; currently on sale for a limited time:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUZZTVljRVNCcW9sVE9tblhMSG1fTEFWeTJQTHxBTl9pYzRjV0FYRFVRYWNTVlNfTm1tWkZlYURZMjJ1OHZuRkdHVlpVMHVYZjBhN1BnMDU2YTg1VkhzOFoyNC1SYzVQeThPcE9UY2ZxV3U4enBNOXlSb3h6ZlRUTGxxOGJOQjNf&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2F1737305534%2F&v=FmkrPnA8uHQ" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737305534/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.julianjaynes.org/book/conversations-on-consciousness-and-the-bicameral-mind/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.julianjaynes.org/book/conversations-on-consciousness-and-the-bicameral-mind/</a></p><p>Or by becoming a member of the Julian Jaynes Society: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUZZTVljR0VDUjZVTG16RXlxeTBZRGljYlViN3xBTl9pYzRkcjBBa0thTWhDcmg4YmRyOVZNd3Y3cGoyY3JXUzNiVWx4ajhGQkpxbFNteGVkWnMzTnpRT2dwV1hWT2pwVG5zODFQMWdCS0RVVjJNajJtaVJPTDRfWWxHR0tJdmpl&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.julianjaynes.org%2Fjoin%2F&v=FmkrPnA8uHQ" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.julianjaynes.org/join/</a></p><p>Read the transcript: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUZZTVljR0VWZ2ZMbmtnRWRqakxoOFpsVlFJZHxBTl9pYzRkN2xIQmRnN014enA4ekpWbHUzUDdPY3hWanV6aU1teFBOcUNCcHhobWhGclFOcWVZNzNOemxwSDEwUzV5OGVPWFAtX2hFZHhWVV9kZ0hTZ21mOTZGWDZDRHRFaWN5&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.julianjaynes.org%2F&v=FmkrPnA8uHQ" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.julianjaynes.org/</a></p><p>Produced by Marcel Kuijsten using generative AI tools and reviewed by human editors for accuracy and clarity.</p>