In this lecture, students discuss the course as a whole, the ideas covered, and thoughts on the mind, emotions, and artificial intelligence.

Lecture 13: Closing Thoughts

In this lecture, students discuss Chapter 9 of The Emotion Machine, questioning philosophical notions of selfhood, boundaries, models, and outlying cases.

Lecture 12: Question and Answer Session 4

In this lecture, students discuss Chapter 8 from The Emotion Machine, covering what "genius" is, and how it is distinguished from everyday thinking, as well as ways to learn from mistakes.

Lecture 11: Mind vs. Brain: Confessions of a Defector

In this lecture, students discuss Chapter 7 of The Emotion Machine, covering many different techniques for inference and solving problems with reasoning.

Lecture 10: Question and Answer Session 3

In this lecture, students discuss Chapter 6 of The Emotion Machine, focusing on topics such as "commonsense knowledge," both in people and in machines.

Lecture 9: Common Sense

In this lecture, students discuss cognitive architectures for organizing large artificial intelligence projects, as well future directions for what is needed.

Lecture 8: Question and Answer Session 2

In this lecture, students discuss the nature of consciousness, asking what it is, and then asking whether the question is well founded.

Lecture 7: Layered Knowledge Representations

In this lecture, students discuss Barry Schwartz's 2000 piece on the psychology of hope. They also look at ethical dilemmas for positive psychology, and who has the right to meddle with top-level goals or induce happiness.

Lecture 6: Layers of Mental Activities

In this lecture, students discuss Chapter 4 of The Emotion Machine, covering topics such as the relationship between pain, hurt, and perception, and how the mind exploits emotions.

Lecture 5: From Panic to Suffering

In this lecture, students discussion what drives people to act and where they acquire their goals. Students are introduced to the idea of the top level goal: thrive.

Lecture 4: Question and Answer Session 1

In this lecture, students use readings of M.A. Bozarth and Carl Sagan to discuss pleasure systems in the brain and human problem solving.

Lecture 3: Cognitive Architectures

In this lecture, students discuss the introduction to The Emotion Machine, expectations and overview of the class, and general understanding of emotions, consciousness, and intelligence.

Lecture 1: Introduction

In this lecture, students discuss Chapter 1 of The Emotion Machine, covering topics such as love, infatuation, and the Self.

Lecture 2: Falling In Love

The Society of Mind (2011)

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