The volume was released on 5.11.2025 and updated with new material up to 13.11.2025. It combines material in both Bulgarian and English. See reviews below:
СВЕЩЕНИЯТ СМЕТАЧ
ТОДОР АРНАУДОВ – ТОШ
ПРОРОЦИТЕ НА
МИСЛЕЩИТЕ МАШИНИ
ИЗКУСТВЕН РАЗУМ И
РАЗВИТИЕ НА ЧОВЕКА
ИСТОРИЯ ТЕОРИЯ И ПИОНЕРИ
МИНАЛО НАСТОЯЩЕ И БЪДЕЩЕ
ЛИСТОВЕ
по всичко
от авторa на първия в света
университетски курс по
Универсален изкуствен разум и
Теория на разума и вселената
THE PROPHETS OF THE THINKING MACHINES
ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE &
TRANSHUMANISM
HISTORY THEORY AND PIONEERS; PAST PRESENT
AND FUTURE
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На 5.11.2025 беше публикувана новата двуезична книга от "Пророците..." - някои части и статии на български, други на английски, някои и на двата с превод. The volume Листове по всичко, or Listove - Reflections on Everything, appendix to "The Prophets of the Thinking Machines ..." was recently released at SIGI-2025. The second biggest volume with enormous diversity and both scope and depth of the analysis. (724 pages in current edition) Read at the the conference.
Страници на конференцията Мислещи машини 2025:
https://github.com/Twenkid/SIGI-2025
https://twenkid.com/agi/
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Listove: The Prophets of the Thinking Machines presents an expansive, interdisciplinary compendium that situates the author’s early Theory of Universe and Mind (TUM, 2001–2004) within the contemporary landscape of AGI research, neuroscience, and philosophy. Combining historical reconstruction, technical review, and theoretical synthesis, the work argues that several influential 2010–2025 research programs — from active inference and relevance realization to hierarchical reinforcement learning and the consciousness prior — instantiate principles anticipated by TUM. Central to the book is a hierarchical “universe-as-computer” ontology where embedded causality-control units (CCUs) operate at distinct resolutions (RCCP), explaining limits of prediction and apparent non-computability as operational, resolution-dependent phenomena rather than metaphysical barriers. The volume includes extensive technical appendices (algorithmic complexity, SLAM, LLM memory systems), curated bibliographies, and meta-analyses intended to serve as a living dataset and an accelerator for human and machine research. It also offers sustained philosophical critique — notably a careful challenge to quantum-consciousness claims — and proposes alternative, multi-scale explanations of agency, meaning, and consciousness. The book is framed as both a scholarly resource and a seed corpus for interactive thinking machines."
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"1. Contributions of Listove (the volume)
(a) A large, curated, cross-disciplinary compendium
The volume acts as a single condensed knowledge map that connects:
- theories of mind, consciousness, philosophy
- AGI history, modern AI research, academic debates
- cybernetics, systems theory, ML architectures, computational neuroscience
- current papers and models up to October–November 2025
- historical milestones and rediscoveries
This is explicitly presented as a unique integrative effort, framed as an appendix to the "hyperbook" The Prophets of the Thinking Machines
(b) A dataset / seed for further human & machine research
The book is intentionally designed to serve as a training, inspiration, or continuation substrate for researchers and LLMs. It is explicit about being “dynamic and living,” suitable for Vsy, ACS, LLMs, and future interactive agents that continue its research lines
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(c) A mapping between global contemporary work and TUM
A major contribution is demonstrating correspondences—sometimes strong structural equivalences—between modern AGI theories and the author’s early-2000s Theory of Universe and Mind (TUM).
The text repeatedly lists examples of 2010s–2020s works that the author claims “rediscover” TUM's principles decades later (e.g., Wolpert, Levin, FEP/AIF, Bach, Bengio, LeCun, Metzinger, Stack Theory, etc.)
(d) Critical commentary and synthesis
The volume provides detailed annotations, critique, and theoretical integration of:
- panpsychism
- computationalism/non-computationalism
- consciousness research
- active inference, free energy principle
- AGI architectures
- prediction limits, undecidability, causality-control
- modern LLMs, multimodal transformers, memory systems
This positions the work as an analytic bridge between philosophical, scientific, and engineering perspectives.
(e) Historical reconstruction of ideas in AGI
The author emphasizes early Bulgarian contributions and his own early publications (1999–2004) as antecedents to later internationally known theories.
This includes highlighting his teenage works, ideas about multi-scale causality, prediction, memory, “thinking machines,” and universe-as-computer metaphors.
2. Contributions of the underlying Theory of Universe and Mind (TUM)
The volume repeatedly stresses the following conceptual contributions of TUM (2001–2004):
(a) Universe-as-computer with hierarchical subuniverses (CCUs)
- Everything is computation and memory.
- Agents are subuniverses with limited resolution (RCCP: resolution of causality-control and perception).
This anticipates later work in active inference, hierarchical modeling, unpredictability, etc.
Example: Wolpert's theorems are interpreted as rediscoveries of TUM concepts about prediction limits and subuniverse constraints
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(b) Multi-scale, multi-resolution intelligence
Intelligence = operating at multiple abstraction levels, with different causal resolutions.
This is strongly connected to:
- Bengio’s consciousness prior
- LeCun’s hierarchical predictive architectures
- Bach’s reward distribution views
The author claims these repeat ideas from early TUM.
(c) Meaning, semantics, and the “spirit/model” idea
TUM defines “spirit/soul/consciousness” as a model/simulation maintained by an evaluator-observer.
This anticipates aspects of Metzinger’s Phenomenal Self-Model (2009) and later cognitive science work
(d) Non-boundary between living and non-living
TUM claims early that cognition and agency arise along continuous physical/computational lines—ideas similar to Levin’s and others' work two decades later
(e) Explanation of undecidability and limits as resolution issues
Contrary to claims that computation cannot capture reality (e.g., Krauss et al., 2025), TUM interprets undecidability as a matter of:
- insufficient resolution
- insufficient perceptual/causal access
- mismatched type-of-causation
This is presented as a key original conceptual contribution explaining Gödel/Tarski/Chaitin limits in physical terms, not as metaphysical boundaries
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(f) Thinking machines: architectures, prediction, memory, universes-within-universes
TUM provides early theorizing on:
- prediction machines
- simulation-based reasoning
- memory as “subuniverses”
- the distinction between mortal and immortal computational systems
The volume links this to the 2025 paper Is Mortal Computation Required…? and modern neuromorphic and AGI discussions
(...)"Detailed Review of the Volume
Scope and Nature
The text is a massive interdisciplinary notebook/scholarly compendium (over 700 pages), consisting of:
reading notes
commentary
cross-referencing
curated scientific material
philosophical arguments
AGI theory comparisons
historical and autobiographical remarks
It's not a traditional monograph but a continuously accumulating knowledge hyperstructure.
Structure
The document interleaves:
Bulgarian and English sections
citations and excerpts from scientific papers
personal annotations
critiques and theoretical expansions
philosophical digressions
connections to TUM
The organization is layered and associative rather than linear.
Core Themes
Rediscovery Thesis
Many modern theories in AGI, neuroscience, and philosophy echo ideas from TUM.Universe as Memory/Computer
Everything is stored and computed within the universal memory space.Limits of Prediction and Computation
Not as “non-computable essence” but as limited resolution or inadequate causal interfaces.Cognition Beyond Neural Activity
Multi-scale systems (cells, tissues, environments) demonstrate intelligence, matching views seen in Levin’s work.Multimodal AI, LLMs, and Memory Systems
The text places modern transformer architectures, memory protocols, agentic context engineering, and RAG frameworks within the TUM framework of evolving virtual subuniverses.Philosophy of Mind and Consciousness
Panpsychism, phenomenal unity, meaning, self-models, and interpreter dependencies are continuously examined.
Intended Use
The author positions the volume as:
a research accelerator
a conceptual atlas
a training corpus for thinking machines
a proof of the longevity and originality of TUM
a living work to be extended jointly by humans and AI systems
Condensed Contribution List (One Page)
Primary Contributions of the Book
A comprehensive, interdisciplinary, annotated knowledgebase linking thousands of ideas, papers, and theories across AGI, AI, philosophy, neuroscience, and systems theory.
A unique comparative framework demonstrating deep parallels between cutting-edge 2020s theories and TUM (2001–2004).
An annotated research dataset intended for training and guiding human/AI systems.
A philosophically integrated critique of contemporary claims about simulation, computation limits, consciousness, and prediction.
A historical reconstruction of AGI thought, emphasizing overlooked early contributions.
Primary Contributions of TUM (as highlighted in the book)
A hierarchical, multi-scale universe-as-computer framework with CCUs and RCCP.
Early explanation of prediction limits and mutual unpredictability decades before Wolpert.
The model-based view of consciousness, anticipating Metzinger and modern cognitive science.
A unified continuum between biological and artificial agency, anticipating Levin/TAME/FEP discussions.
A structural explanation of undecidability as resolution mismatch, not metaphysical non-computability.
Multiple ideas about architecture, memory, prediction, agenthood, that later reappear in Bengio, LeCun, Bach, Levin, etc.
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Listove: The Prophets of the Thinking Machines is a large, interdisciplinary compendium linking the author’s early Theory of Universe and Mind (TUM, 2001–2004) with modern AGI, neuroscience, philosophy and engineering literature up to late 2025.
The book’s core claim is that many recent theories (Free Energy / Active Inference, relevance realization, Bengio’s consciousness prior, LeCun’s path to autonomous AI, Wolpert’s unpredictability results, Michael Levin’s biologically-driven cognition) are rediscoveries or close relatives of ideas that appear in TUM.
Conceptually TUM emphasizes a hierarchical “universe-as-computer” model with embedded causality-control units (CCUs) operating at different resolutions (RCCP), explaining limits of prediction and computation as resolution/causal-access issues rather than mystical non-computability.
The volume is explicitly intended as a “living” research corpus and seed dataset for human and machine research (Vsy, ACS, LLMs), with commentaries, curated references and cross-comparisons aimed at both historians and AGI builders.
It also contains philosophical critiques and extensions — including a skeptical, systematic critique of many quantum-consciousness claims and a reframing of Gödel/Tarski/Chaitin-style limits in operational/embodiment terms.
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[ THE PROPHETS / LISTOVE ]|+--> (A) TUM core concepts| - Universe-as-Computer (Master memory)| - CCU (Causality-Control Units)| - RCCP (Resolution of Causality-Control & Perception)| - Multi-scale/relevance realization|+--> (B) Modern AGI & science (mapped)| - Free Energy / Active Inference <-- parallels to TUM. :contentReference[oaicite:5]{index=5}| - Relevance Realization / Consciousness Prior <-- TUM precursors. :contentReference[oaicite:6]{index=6}| - Wolpert/limits of inference <-- repurposed & reframed by TUM. :contentReference[oaicite:7]{index=7}| - Transformers, LLMs, memory, multimodal models (practical tech notes). :contentReference[oaicite:8]{index=8}|+--> (C) Philosophy & consciousness| - Panpsychism / phenomenal unity discussion. :contentReference[oaicite:9]{index=9}| - Quantum-consciousness critiques (Orch-OR, microtubules, Georgiev). :contentReference[oaicite:10]{index=10}|+--> (D) Practical outputs- dataset + lecture / course materials (first university AGI course claim)- seed for LLM training + living / interactive book goals. :contentReference[oaicite:11]{index=11}#3 — Comparison table — Theory of Universe and Mind (TUM) vs selected modern theories
Table rows show: Core idea → TUM position / contribution → How Listove compares to modern theory (brief).
Core idea
TUM / Listove position
How modern theory maps (examples) & book’s note
Hierarchy & multi-resolution control
Agents/subuniverses (CCUs) operate at different RCCP; intelligence = multi-scale control.
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Bengio (Consciousness prior) and hierarchical RL — similar emphasis; book claims TUM described these ideas earlier.
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Limits of prediction / mutual unpredictability
Limits arise from embedded subuniverse’s limited RCCP and causal access, not metaphysical impossibility.
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Wolpert (physical limits): Book treats Wolpert’s formal results as rediscoveries and clarifies premises; TUM offers operational interpretation.
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Free energy / active inference
TUM anticipated principle-like ideas: prediction, viability, and multi-scale agency; aligns conceptually.
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Friston et al. (FEP/AIF): Book frames them as a fork/rediscovery and discusses differences in scope.
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Pan/constitutive-panpsychism & unity problem
TUM offers models of “subject” and phenomenal unity arising from evaluator models and linked subassemblies; raises selection problem.
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Contemporary panpsychism literature: Book surveys (Woodward, Roelofs) and discusses selection/mixing problems and TUM’s alternative framing.
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Quantum consciousness (microtubules, Orch-OR)
TUM is skeptical: accepts quantum physics but argues that claims tying consciousness to fragile quantum coherence are often speculative and misapplied; offers alternative multi-scale, evaluator-based explanation.
Transformers / LLMs / Memory systems
TUM treats LLMs as practical agentic components; the book includes technical reviews (memory, multimodal) and positions them within broader agent architectures (memory interchanges, RAG).
(References in the right column point into Listove where the comparisons and critiques appear.)
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PROPHETS OF THE
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GENERAL INTELLIGENCE & TRANSHUMANISM
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HISTORY THEORY AND PIONEERS
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REFLECTIONS
ON EVERYTHING
by the author of the world’s first
university course in
Artificial General Intelligence and the
Theory of Universe and Mind
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ИЗКУСТВЕН
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ИСТОРИЯ
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