Will AI become conscious?
Technology's Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin. This podcast explores some of the most challenging tech-fuelled conundrums — disinformation campaigns, social media addiction, etc — but with an appreciation for the interplay between tech and psychology and sociology.
In this fascinating episode, How to Think About AI Consciousness, Raskin and neuroscientist Anil Seth discuss a key question: will AI become conscious? Seth points out that this question has always been in the air — SF has given us stories about machines not only intelligent but also (self-)aware.
There has also always been a tendency for humans to create things in their own image and to project human-like qualities on to things they create or imagine.
But Seth doesn't believe machines will become conscious, as 'consciousness is closely tied to life'. But if they do, then we face a moral and ethical catastrophe of unprecedented proportions.
