Aidan Maps Jung's Shadow Integration to ML: Brain 'Grokking' Itself via RL
beffjezos · x · 2026-10-04
Aidan (beffjezos) reframes Jung's "shadow integration" in machine learning terms: it's the prefrontal cortex learning via RL, eventually realizing its own latent variables are a source of surprisal — a phase transition where the brain 'groks' its own subconscious. He argues making the unconscious conscious is a necessary step toward self-mastery.
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