The Mind's I

This book by Douglas Hofstadter and Daniel Dennett was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Lex Fridman. The people who vouched for it on air: Dileep George. It comes up in conversations about brain health, consciousness. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

With contributions from Jorge Luis Borges, Richard Dawkins, John Searle, and Robert Nozick, The Mind's I explores the meaning of self and consciousness through the perspectives of literature, artificial intelligence, psychology, and other disciplines. In selections that range from fiction to scientific speculations about thinking machines, artificial intelligence, and the nature of the brain, Hofstadter and Dennett present a variety of conflicting visions of the self and the soul as explored through the writings of some of the twentieth century's most renowned thinkers.

• “another book i liked uh was uh one from doug huff starter uh this is a long time ago though here's a book he had a book i think called it was called the mind's eye”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “another book i liked”
  Dileep George · Lex Fridman Podcast · Aug 202001:59:24

  Said during "Dileep George: Brain-Inspired AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #115". The episode features Dileep George: Researcher at the intersection of neuroscience and AI, co-founder of Vicarious (with Scott Phoenix) and formerly Numenta (with Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky). Known for hierarchical temporal memory and the Recursive Cortical Network. Vicarious co-founder Dileep George argues true AI must be brain-inspired, model the world, and run simulations rather than just scale up text prediction.