#160 - Meet The Physicist Proving The Universe Builds Itself Out Of Information

<p>🧠 JOIN THE GIANT&#39;S SHOULDER FAMILY</p><p>Become a YouTube Member for exclusive episodes, early access + ad-free viewing 👇 </p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@thegiantsshoulder/join</p><p><br></p><p>Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic is a physicist turned cognitive scientist and Professor Emeritus at Chalmers University of Technology, with doctorates in both physics and computer science. Across three careers she built info-computationalism: the idea that nature is information and computation at every level, from particles to minds. Her conclusion puts her at odds with much of her own field. Cognition arrives with life itself, which puts consciousness in a single bacterium and nowhere in today&#39;s AI.</p><p><br></p><p>Expect to learn:</p><p>- Info-computationalism: why nature is information and computation all the way down</p><p>- Cell consciousness: why a single cell is already sensing, deciding and minimally aware</p><p>- The Levin divide: where she draws the line Michael Levin won&#39;t</p><p>- Anaesthetised bacteria: why ether switches off organisms with no brain</p><p>- Machines that can&#39;t feel: why today&#39;s AI has intelligence but no goals of its own</p><p><br></p><p>SPONSORS</p><p>Get Jenni Your Intelligent Research Assistant (GIANT20 for 20% off) - http://jenni.ai/?utm_source=youtube&amp;utm_medium=inf&amp;utm_campaign=thegiantsshoulder</p><p><br></p><p>GS EPISODES MENTIONED</p><p>Michael Levin - Michael Levin: Bioelectricity, Morphogenesis, Platonic Spaces &amp; Xenobots: https://youtu.be/LTBZRVKUwyM</p><p><br></p><p>Michael Levin &amp; Earl Miller - Michael Levin &amp; Earl Miller: Platonic Space of Minds, Bioelectricity, Cell Intelligence &amp; Neurobots: https://youtu.be/6mU5nN5nlLA</p><p><br></p><p>William B. Miller Jr. - Meet The Scientist Proving Your Cells Are Conscious and Intelligent: https://youtu.be/xrV5oGyyKSI</p><p><br></p><p>Mark Solms - Meet the Scientist Proving Dreams Hold the Key to Consciousness! Dr Mark Solms: https://youtu.be/nMWaQ1U6dcc</p><p><br></p><p>GUEST LINKS</p><p>Chalmers Profile: https://www.chalmers.se/en/persons/dodig/</p><p>X: https://x.com/DodigGordana</p><p>Chalmers Research Publications: https://research.chalmers.se/en/person/dodig</p><p>Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bvc5bBsAAAAJ</p><p>ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9881-400X</p><p>LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gordana-dodig-crnkovic/</p><p><br></p><p>LISTEN ON</p><p>YouTube - https://youtu.be/D4jBgWV8BoY</p><p>Apple - ht