What Is Consciousness And Can Machines Achieve It — With Anil Seth
What Is Consciousness And Can Machines Achieve It — With Anil Seth  
Podcast: Big Technology Podcast
Published On: Wed Oct 19 2022
Description: Anil Seth is a professor of cognitive and computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex and author of Being You. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a discussion of AI sentience grounded in science and research. In this conversation, we discuss the definition of consciousness, what it would take for AI to achieve it, and whether researchers should keep trying to get there. Stay tuned for the second half, where we cover AI avatars in the metaverse and, yes, simulation theory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices