First Principles First

Are there “first principles” for a science of living cognizant beings – synthetic and natural? Are we in the midst of a paradigm shift (in the Thomas Kuhnian sense) in what is considered mental and material reality and the reimagination of societal and economic institutions as nested living cognitive beings? Are we entering a new sphere of existence co-inhabited by other intentional biological and synthetic beings? What is the evidence? The goal is to have different episodes build upon one another to identify a working consensus for a new scientific paradigm and computational framework for natural and synthetic agents. The audience will be engaged in this process through questions and comments with the guests and through their interactions with synthetic AI models of different schools of thought.