# #592 Federico Faggin: Consciousness, Quantum Physics, and Why AI Is Not Conscious

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Podcast: [Inspired Evolution with Amrit Sandhu 🙏🏻](https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspired-evolution-with-amrit-sandhu-58902)
Published: 2026-07-01T09:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 6400

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Federico Faggin, the inventor of the microprocessor, through decades of quantum physics research, a mystical experience of blinding white light in 1990, and turning the foundations of science on their head, seems to have cracked the code to consciousness — revealing that materialist science has been solving the wrong problem for 100 years. In this episode, Federico shares the framework that's rattling mainstream physics: consciousness and free will are not products of the brain, but the foundation from which reality itself emerges. Not a metaphor. Not a religious myth. An ontological reversal that resolves the deepest paradoxes of quantum mechanics — including why the wave function collapses, and why even God cannot predict the future. We go deep into what Federico believes is actually happening beneath the surface of reality — the "seiety" that experiences life through your body, why AI cannot be conscious even though it sits on conscious fields, and why love might literally be the force of gravity. This may just be one of the most important scientific conversations of our time. Do you believe consciousness lives in the brain — or is the brain just an instrument the deeper field uses to know itself? ___ ⚪ JOIN THE CIRCLE — GO DEEPER WITH AMRIT, FEDERICO & OUR SPECIAL LIVE GUEST EVENTS The Inspired Evolution Circle is our private community where members connect with like-minded, like-hearted souls, teachers, guides, and each other. If this is the kind of conversation you'd like to see more of — and actually participate in — this is where we go deeper. 👉 JOIN THE CIRCLE HERE: https://inspiredevolution.com/circle 👀 FIND FEDERICO ONLINE ✦ Website: https://www.federicofaggin.com/ ✦ Faggin Foundation: http://www.fagginfoundation.org/ ✦ X: https://x.com/fedefaggin ✦ Link…

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