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CMI Lab at the University of Stirling is uncovering how neocortical pyramidal two-point cells operate during different mental states, including deep sleep, wakefulness, and imaginative thinking—bridging the gap between the brain and mind.
Early investigations suggest these cellular mechanisms could be embodied in machines, enabling not only intrinsic performance efficiency but also elements of common sense and morality.
This is crucial, as powerful AI lacking fundamental human values could cause more harm than good.
For most of human history, people relied on their direct experience, using or misusing information based on clear rewards or consequences. They rarely depended on information reported by others. However, in the twenty-first century, humanity finds itself in a world where shared information plays a much larger role. This shift underscores the need to re-learn how to trust direct experience and its common-sense interpretation, which is usually valid, though not always.
— Prof. W. A. Phillips (Father of Cellular Psychology)
Stemming from a fundamental flaw—a reliance on an outdated brain model rooted in the misinterpretation of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution and the concept of the ‘Selfish Gene’—current AI is built on point (selfish) neurons. This design stifles rational thought, fosters selfish behaviours within the network, amplifies chaos and contradictions, disrupts harmony, and leads to unsustainable energy consumption and the transmission of misinformation.
Inspired by recent cellular neurobiological evidence, cooperative two-point neurons embodied in CMI proposed chips filter coherent and authentic information from unreliable external data, not only saving substantial energy and costs but also enhancing the flow of sensible information or reducing the spread of misinformation.
By gaining a deeper understanding of how the mind works and learning how to harness the mind to adjust neural connections in the brain, people in the future might be better equipped to independently address challenges such as panic attacks, sensory overload, depression, anxiety, and other related issues—without the need for drugs: a drug-free path to mental well-being, unlocking new dimensions of consciousness.
Ambitious long-term goal is that these chips could redefine personal growth, transform communities, and even restructure entire civilizations for a collective human prosperity — Whether this is a beautiful dream or simply a fantasy remains to be seen.
The ‘thought’ that enabled humans to rule the world is now gradually being overshadowed. We are rapidly approaching a time when humans may undermine their own intelligence. This is happening because we misunderstood the fundamental mechanisms of the brain and mind and are replicating these flaws in AI, accelerating our own decline. Revisiting, refining, and redefining the cellular foundations of our existence and human values is the way forward—CMI is addressing this.
We hypothesise that a subset of the universal field (UF), referred to as the universal context (UC), acts as a driving force, influencing context-sensitive pyramidal cells in the brain. This interaction defines various mental capabilities, ranging from common sense to imagination and the perception of reality. The resulting changes not only alter perceptual reality in space and time but also possess the potential to transform reality itself. At this juncture, reality emerges, and illusion dissipates, providing evidence of the synchronicity of the mind in time and space with universal consciousness.
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