
May 12, 2022 • 52M
David Chalmers on AI and Consciousness
An interview with David Chalmers, renowned philosopher of mind and professor at NYU.
Interviews with various people who research, build, or use AI, including academics, engineers, artists, entrepreneurs, and more.
In episode 25 of The Gradient Podcast, Daniel Bashir speaks to David Chalmers, professor of philosophy and Philosophy and Neural Science at New York University, and co-director of NYU’s center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness.
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Sections:
(00:00) Intro
(00:42) “Today’s neural networks may be slightly conscious”
(03:55) Openness to Machine Consciousness
(09:37) Integrated Information Theory
(18:41) Epistemic Gaps, Verbal Reports
(25:52) Vision Models and Consciousness
(33:37) Reasoning about Consciousness
(38:20) Illusionism
(41:30) Best Approaches to the Hard Problem
(44:21) Panpsychism
(46:35) Outro
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David Chalmers on AI and Consciousness