Outro

This is a ~35 min talk titled "Entropic motivation and the roots of agency" by Alex Kiefer (https://philpeople.org/profiles/alex-kiefer) + ~25 min discussion of the issues of motivation in artificial and natural agents.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Entropy, Motivation, Psychophysical Identity

(35:45) Willpower, Purpose, Buddhist Motivation

(45:57) Emergent Goals and Uncertainty

(58:06) Platonic Patterns and Wrap-up

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