Feelings and percepts are both indirect descriptions of brain states via hypotheticals: a percept (subjective experience) describes hypothetical inputs that would make perception accurate, while a feeling (e.g., 'I feel like punching Gary on the nose') describes hypothetical actions—because directly reporting which neuron is firing would be useless to a listener whose neurons differ.

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Speaker

Geoffrey Hinton

Evidence Quote

The only way I can tell you what's going on in my brain is by talking about either the normal things that would have caused it... or... by telling about the normal things it would cause.

Source

Will AI outsmart human intelligence? - with 'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey HintonThe Royal Institution
Created: 6/18/2026, 2:17:54 PM

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