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TREND 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 efficiency (explicitly funded by ARIA for TREND) 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Stemming from a fundamental flaw—a reliance on an outdated brain model rooted in the misinterpretation of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution and the concept of the “Selfish Gene”—current AI is built on point (selfish)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 prolonged training times.
We are enabling future AI chips to think by filtering relevant information from unreliable external data, not only saving substantial energy and costs, but also elevating humanity by enhancing ethical and moral principles and unlocking new dimensions of consciousness.
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.
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—this is what TREND is addressing.
We hypothesise that as a driving force, a subset of the universal field (UF), referred to as the universal context (UC), interacts with two-point neurons to define different mental states. The resulting neural vibrations, in turn, have the potential to alter reality in space and time. This alteration is proportional to the coherence between UF and UC. The more minds exist in this state of synchronicity, the greater the potential for change. For example, two minds in synchronicity with the UF can connect with one another, increasing the likelihood of altering reality. At this point, a mind may directly experience the existence of the UF.
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