Open to the public
Friday, October 24, 2025
Dominique Surel presents: Consciousness: AI vs Human ?
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LOCATION: Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, Colorado 80303
TIME: Noon – 2:30 pm (doors open at 11:30 am)
COST: $20 cash/check at door
Bring a “brown bag lunch” if you like, and drinks are provided.
Abstract
In her continuous research in human consciousness, Dr. Dominique Surel follows the latest developments in neural AI networks. Some of these networks have evolved from automated to autonomous systems that even create their own concepts. According to Dr. Mark Bailey, the conundrum is that some AI systems spontaneously become autonomous disregarding human directives and researchers are perplexed as to why and how this happens and at what point does an AI system become autonomous.
What are the implications of this unexplained phenomenon? Could AI systems develop their own consciousness? Are AI systems sentient? It appears that some are. When creating their own concepts, are they guided by some type of moral compass?
The presentation will give an overview of autonomous AI systems, definitions of human consciousness, and AI concerns brought up by AI godfather and Nobel Prize winner Dr. Hinton. It will address the nature of consciousness as perceived through the practice of radiesthesia which appears to be using principles of quantum physics. Interestingly Dr. Stuart Hameroff argues that consciousness emerges from quantum-level activity in the brain. As usual, Dr Surel has grounded her lecture in scientific references which will be available to the audience.
Dr. Surel hopes this presentation will be a catalyst to trigger critical thinking and raise difficult questions from the audience for an illuminating discussion!
Bio
MBA, Doctoral degree in Organizational Leadership. Dissertation Research: The Role of Accurate Intuition in the Decision Making Process. While living in Paris worked as a business consultant in strategic positioning, professor, and journalist for the International Herald Tribune. In the US worked at the Harvard Project on Negotiation, and at the MIT Plasma Fusion Center. In the 1980s in Paris professionally trained in Radiesthesia and in the early 2000s trained in the US with Lyn Buchanan to the advanced level of CRV. Retired Dean, Professor, at Energy Medicine University. Created a unique program to develop accurate intuition.