Federico Faggin created the self-aligned MOS silicon-gate technology, which made possible memory chips, CCD image sensors, and the microprocessor. He designed the Intel 4004, 8008, and 8080 microprocessors, as well as the Zilog Z80 and Z8 processors. In 2010, he received the 2009 National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honor the United States confers for achievements related to technological progress. He is author of Silicon: From the Invention of the Microprocessor to the New Science of Consciousness, and also Irreducible: Consciousness, Life, Computers, and Human Nature. His website is http://www.fagginfoundation.org/

Here he describes the arc of his pioneering career as well as the hypotheses he has developed regarding the nature of consciousness and the world of physics and computation.

00:00:00 Introduction

00:05:11 Federico’s career in microchip design

00:17:57 Spiritual awakening

00:30:01 Integrating the mystical experience

00:38:14 Consciousness and the quantum field

00:49:11 Nonphysical dimensions of Hilbert Spaces

01:05:02 Why computers cannot be conscious

01:07:38 Self and universe

01:22:06 Conscious agency

01:25:52 Conclusion and summary

Edited subtitles for this video are available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, and Swedish.

(Recorded on August 15, 2024)

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Published on September 16, 2024