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Computational Philosophy, Psychedelics, Complex Systems, Social & Cultural Computation | Ekkolapto Polymath Salon @ Frontier Tower in SF!
‼️ A GIANT thank you to Morgan Hough and Zan Lowe for helping co-host and bring our first SF Polymath Salon to life!
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📣 SPEAKERS:
• Revival of Philosophy in the Age of AI: interpreting and formalizing civilizations' oldest ideas, questions, and practices–from psychedelics and meditation to souls, spirits, and prayers–under the framework of modern computation and information theory w/ special guest speakers:
• Andrés Gómez Emilsson from Qualia Research Institute
• Prof. Elan Barenholtz, co-founder of Machine Perception Cognitive Robotics Lab.
• Prof. William Hahn, co-founder of Machine Perception Cognitive Robotics Lab.
• Dugan Hammock (Wolfram Institute)
• Addy Cha (Ekkolapto Research, Computational Philosophy Club)
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• You can view Elan and William's latest interview on Theories of Everything by Curt Jaimungal here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca_RbPXraDE
• Topics: Valence Structuralism, The Binding Problem, Digital Organisms, Autoregression Theory of Intelligence, Biological and Cultural Hyperorganisms, Language and Computational Irreducibility, Agential Properties of Language, Computation as Coordination, Language Inducing Altered States, etc.
• In-partnership with the Computational Philosophy Club.
• Hosted by Dugan Hammock (Wolfram Institute), Morgan Hough (Frontier Tower SF), Zan Lowe (Frontier Tower SF), Addy Cha (Ekkolapto), and Pedro Henrich (Founder of PULSE).
• About Ekkolapto: Previous hackathons, salons, podcasts, and dinners at MIT, UT Austin, FAU, Harvard, Augmentation Lab, DC/Maryland, NYC, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo.
• About the Computational Philosophy Club: Our last salon with Joscha Bach, Profs. Will Hahn & Elan Barenholtz was hosted in-person by MIT Media Lab's Awu Chen and Alistair Pernigo, and Alif Jakir; and Ekkolapto's Addy Cha.
• About PULSE: Humans in ageless, post-scarcity societies. Their upcoming event in November: https://luma.com/enhanced-human-fest
• ⭐️ RSVP NOW for our October 2025 Longevity & Computational Philosophy Research Hackathon @ MIT Media Lab: https://luma.com/lifespan
🧠 WHAT:
• Topics: computational philosophy, complex systems, collectively intelligent systems, olfaction & augmentation, longevity, savant syndrome, unconventional computing & cognition, phenomenology & qualia, philosophy of physics, music cognition & visual arts, and much more!
• Our developing advisory board: Curt Jaimungal from Theories of Everything, Andrés Gómez Emilsson from Qualia Research Institute, Complex Systems Professors William Edward Hahn + Elan Barenholtz, Pat Pataranutaporn from MIT Media Lab's Cyborg Psychology and Advancing Humans with AI, Harry Gandhi (1517 Fund Advisor in Residence), and McGill philanthropist Rubin Gruber.
🗓️ WHEN:
• Wednesday September 17 from 2PM to 7PM Pacific Time.
📍WHERE:
• Frontier Tower in San Francisco, CA.
📋 SCHEDULE:
• 2:00PM to 2:15PM: Intro to Wolfram Institute, Qualia Research Institute, Frontier Tower, PULSE, Computational Philosophy, and Ekkolapto.
• 2:15PM to 2:30PM: Keynote on Valence Structuralism by Andrés Gómez Emilsson from Qualia Research Institute.
• 2:30PM to 3:00PM: Discussion with Dugan Hammock from the Wolfram Institute.
• 3:00PM to 4:00PM: Extended Q&A with Andrés, Dugan, and the audience. Traditional salon style!
• 4:00PM to 5:30PM: Keynote + Q&A from Profs. William Hahn and Elan Barenholtz, and Addy Cha on Modern Computational Perspectives of Language, Thoughtforms, Prayer, Ritual, and Souls.
• 5:30PM to 7:00PM: Open Discussion + Networking!
📸 PREVIOUS EVENTS:
• 2024 Longevity & Unconventional Computing Research Hackathon at MIT Media Lab, featuring Stephen Wolfram, Joscha Bach, David Sinclair, Curt Jaimungal, and more: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy5dPSW_KkniuHpoLwlzkYcxhxn50Mn0T
• Past Polymath Salons and discussions are uploaded for you to watch on the Ekkolápto channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ekkolapto3
• Recent Polymath Salon at UT Austin with Professor Scott Aaronson on the Philosophy of Computational Complexity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OST1DjD08Hg
• Recent Polymath Salon at University of Toronto with Professor Michael Levin, Andrés Gómez Emilsson, and Professor Elan Barenholtz on the Binding Problem and Platonic Spaces: https://youtu.be/0BVM0UC28nY