Exploring Machine Consciousness
Welcome to the Exploring Machine Consciousness podcast, where the PRISM team engages with leading researchers, philosophers, and pioneering thinkers to explore the frontiers of artificial minds, ethics, and the future of AI systems.
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Keith Frankish: Illusionism and Its Implications for Conscious AI
In this episode of the "Exploring Machine Consciousness" podcast, we discuss the theory of illusionism with philosopher Keith Frankish. Frankish challenges the traditional understanding of consciousness by suggesting that our perception of it as a mysterious, non-physical phenomenon is an illusion.
Mark Solms: Engineering Consciousness – Can Robots "Give a Damn?"
In this episode, we ask: if we wanted to construct a conscious mind from scratch, what would we need? That is the question our guest, Professor Mark Solms, addressed in the final chapter of his book The Hidden Spring - a Journey to the Source of Consciousness.
Jeff Sebo: AI Sentience, Welfare and Moral Status
Jeff Sebo, a leading expert in AI welfare and moral status discusses the concept of the moral circle and potentially extending it beyond humans and animals but also to insects, and future AI systems.
Susan Schneider: Organoids, LLMs, and tests for Conscious AI
In the second episode of Exploring Machine Consciousness, we welcomed philosopher and AI expert Professor Susan Schneider to discuss consciousness, quantum physics, and the future of intelligent machines.
Henry Shevlin: Anticipating an Einstein moment in the understanding of consciousness
We had a fascinating discussion with Henry Shevlin, Associate Director of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, for the first episode of Exploring Machine Consciousness.