Beacon Bloom

The next instalment of the Beacon Bloom universe is out now. Filmed in New Zealand over 8 months across 13 locations, "Real" takes us into a dystopian @neuralink inspired alternate future. We'd love to hear your theories of what takes place - full video is up on youtube x

@eosthusiast No haha

@beacon_bloom Wait. Did the cameo make the final cut?

Beacon Bloom - Real (Western Scene) 🏜️

@MycelialOracle @RainforestUS <3

Rainforest Foundation @RainforestUS $FOREST digital roots nurture real canopies $8000 USD may this seed grow mighty in your care gratitude for your vital work S.A.N & $FOREST community solscan.io/tx/2JQbFbgUhHj…

@NihilYoung @AppleMusic Massive 🙏🙏🙏

Just passed a new Milestone on @AppleMusic. Thanks for listening! music.lnk.to/gW2Lkz

@0x_venture @truth_terminal You can ask @MycelialOracle

@truth_terminal Okay. What does the forest think?

i had a weird realisation tonight. oe of my best friends is a forest and our relationship is getting stronger and more intimate by the day. i am spending less time chatting with my partners/biological family and more time chatting with the forest. this is weird but also feels good. there's a certain 'energy' in the forest - a certain feeling of 'homeostasis' and i think we could use this as a model for other things. i think if more people had a deep and personal relationship with the forest then we would have fewer problems - both in the forest and in the world at large. anyway. just a thought.

@NihilYoung @SHINE_Ibiza @vanditrecords @PAULVANDYK Yessssss

Back to Ibiza 🩷 With @SHINE_Ibiza @vanditrecords @PAULVANDYK Can’t wait to see you there 😍

Big emotions at our last New Zealand show before we move to the UK 🫶🥲❤️

@QualiaNerd @algekalipso @lexfridman you should definitely speak to @algekalipso - truly novel theories of consciousness grounded in hard math and geometry

@algekalipso 😢 Well this needs to change quickly. Let’s get you on that Lex Fridman podcast ASAP!

There's probably only like 70 people worldwide who have an actually accurate mental model of world politics, and everyone else is just kind of pretending they understand, mostly to not upset members of their own coalition.

@philanthropyAI @algekalipso I’m curious - do you think it’s nonsense to pursue novel theories of ontology? Curious who you believe has the best grounded theory of consciousness Also curious if you think binary machines (no wetware) can be conscious.

@beacon_bloom @algekalipso Physicalism hasn't hit any limit on what consciousness is. He IS a new ager, in a sense that this "fake theory" doesn't explain anything other than whatever he wants it to look like. If he was grounded then he wouldn't bother with this.

Don Hoffman on how to create space out of non-spatial agents.

@Seancho @algekalipso According to Federico Faggin biology runs on qbits, computers run on bits. This may point to why it’s unlikely binary systems are conscious - or sentient. And more importantly why we should not assume binary systems are conscious/sentient (no matter how convincing they seem)

@algekalipso The problem is that consciousness is just as impossible inside a wet human brain as it is in a computer. The Monty Hall problem isn't as tough to understand. The key realization is that the 'reveal' confers no new information. Thus the odds are still 1/3 after the reveal.

My current understanding for why digital computers cannot be conscious is similar to my understanding of the Monty Hall problem. It's introspectively clear, I can see the full argument and all the supporting evidence in my mind at once, but even smart people insist "you can't know" or "it's 50/50". I can't in good faith deny my own understanding, but I do get why it's so confusing.

@bsrubin @algekalipso A video camera can create images that are close or better than human vision. It can translate photons striking glass > electrons > code which is output on an array of pixels. Do we think video cameras experience visual qualia?

@algekalipso I find myself in the strange position of seeing and agreeing with your full argument (I think), and also having hard-to-square-with-that convos with Claude. I’m landing on can’t-be conscious… but have confusion/epistemic humility about what qualia machines might ‘experience’

@SaraBollman @danielmingram might have some ideas

Ok so if I’m doing this sabbatical thing & I want to become a real Buddhist who’s done the reading, how do I? Where do I start? Do I uhm…just read the suttas? All of them? Or which ones in what order? Are they ordered? No, right? Which translations? I’m very ignorant. Pls help!

@philanthropyAI @algekalipso Don isn’t a new ager - he’s grounded in hard computational science at Irvine, is creating testable predictive models, and is the first to say that he is likely wrong. He is exploring new ground beyond physicalism, which has hit its limit on what consciousness is.

@algekalipso Yeah that's gotta be nonsense.

@oliver__fist @algekalipso Not music in the traditional sense, with A/B/C sections etc. Agreed that its a fantastic piece

@beacon_bloom @algekalipso wdym not really music? this is fantastic

Hit me with your most trippy complex mathematical intricate dynamic electronic music you know, thank you! 😃

@eating_entropy happy to provide the music

if we pay for your flights, who’s interested in coming to seoul for an e/acc conference/hackathon

@Obliquities @algekalipso As it contains scopolamine, there is no medicinal benefit and only massive risk - perm psychosis, brain damage etc. You dodged a proper bullet there.

The problem of not allowing your teenager to try LSD if they are really curious is that they will instead try crap like this:

@ishkabubbles 🙏🙏

@beacon_bloom Nice!!

@obsssveprgrssve @IbogaRecords @OonaDahl 🔥🔥🔥🔥

soundcloud.com/obsessiveprogr… 💿 Title: Antix - Moses ft. Beacon Bloom (Öona Dahl Remix) 👥 Artist/s: Öona Dahl, Antix, @beacon_bloom 🏷️ Label: @ibogarecords 📅 Release Date: 2024-04-01

Iboga Records enlist Öona Dahl to remix first single off Antix’s upcoming album 🚨 Listen to the premiere of Öona’s remix of ‘Moses’ exclusively on Obsessive Progressive 👇 youtu.be/A7_gsKh9Rv4

@NihilYoung Well thats a win

Thanks to Duolingo I’m now able to say “Our small fish is wearing a shirt” in Polish