The Threat of AI: Is Artificial Intelligence Hijacking Human Consciousness?

In this episode of The SoapyRao Show, we delve deep into the intersections of Artificial Intelligence, human consciousness, and shared human experience. Our expert guest, Dr. Anil Seth, from the University of Sussex, explores the latest advancements in AI and how these technologies are coming closer to mimicking or understanding human consciousness. In this conversation, we examine the philosophical and ethical implications of AI's role in our lives, and how it influences our collective human experiences. Listen as we unravel the complexities of artificial and human intelligence, pondering the future of these co-evolving entities and their impact on society. Anil Seth is a neuroscientist, author, and public speaker who has pioneered research into the brain basis of consciousness for more than twenty-five years. He is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience and Director of the Centre for Consciousness Science at the University of Sussex, Co-Director of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Program on Brain, Mind and Consciousness, a European Research Council Advanced Investigator, and Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal Neuroscience of Consciousness. His two TED talks have been viewed more than fourteen million times, he has appeared in several films, and he has written for Aeon, The Guardian, Granta, New Scientist, and Scientific American, and he is lead scientist on the Dream machine project. Prospect Magazine listed him as one of the top 25 global thinkers for 2024. His book Being You: A New Science of Consciousness was an instant Sunday Times Bestseller and a 2021 Book of the Year for The Economist, The New Statesman, Bloomberg Business, The Guardian, The Financial Times and elsewhere. Buy Dr. Anil Seth's book, Being You, here: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Threat of AI: Is Artificial Intelligence Hijacking Human Consciousness? is an episode from The SoapyRao Show by Sundeep Rao.

This episode is 1:07:35 long.

This episode was published on Feb 16, 2024.

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