Eric B. Baum is an American computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher. He is known for his materialist and evolutionist theories of intelligence and consciousness, set forth in his 2004 book "What is Thought?". Baum claims that intelligence, consciousness, qualia and free will are fully explained by evolution's mandate to "exploit the compact structure of the world." He has also developed software inspired by his theories, including "Hayek", … Wikipedia
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