How is artificial intelligence shifting from simple data storage into a search and synthesis engine for human consciousness? In this throwback episode of the previous Edge of AI Podcast, Ron Levy sits down with Memo Akten, a multidisciplinary artist, musician, researcher, and computer scientist whose collaborators include U2, Lenny Kravitz, Depeche Mode, Richard Dawkins, Google, and Apple.

Memo breaks down his journey from writing software instruments in the early 2000s to pursuing a PhD in machine learning. He shares live demonstrations of his groundbreaking interactive installations, including Learning to See and Distributed Consciousness.

Discover why Memo views current AI advancements as the "final decentering of human exceptionalism," drawing parallels to the Copernican trauma and Darwinian evolution. He also tackles the future of creative labor, the historical lessons of the Luddite movement, and how decentralized blockchain technology could redefine digital authorship and IP

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