Consciousness and Attention
The discussion highlights the connection between consciousness and attention, emphasizing how humans excel at adapting to changes in their environment. Attention serves as a mechanism to focus on a limited set of variables, allowing for efficient computation and reasoning. Insights into how short-term memory filters information for long-term storage reveal the importance of conscious awareness in learning and decision-making.In this clip
From this podcast

The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)
Consciousness and COVID-19 with Yoshua Bengio - #361
Related Questions
What is System One and System Two thinking as explained in the episode ICLR 2020: Yoshua Bengio and the Nature of Consciousness and the clip System Two Insights?
What's consciousness as discussed in the episode ICLR 2020: Yoshua Bengio and the Nature of Consciousness and the clip Consciousness and Experience?