Description
Eric Schwitzgebel is a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. His main interests include connections between empirical psychology and philosophy of mind and the nature of belief. His book The Weirdness of the World can be found here.
We talk about:
The possibility of digital consciousness
Policy ideas for avoiding major moral mistakes around digital consciousness
Prospects for the science of consciousness, and why we likely won't have clear answers in time
Why introspection is much less reliable than most people think
How and why we invent false stories about our own choices without realising
What randomly sampling people's experiences reveals about what we're doing with most of our attention
The possibility of 'overlapping minds'
How and why our actions might have infinite effects, both good and bad
Whether it would be good news to learn that our actions have infinite effects, or that the universe is infinite in extent
The best science fiction on digital minds and AI
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Joe Carlsmith is a writer, researcher, and philosopher. He works as a senior research analyst at Open Philanthropy, where he focuses on existential risk from advanced artificial intelligence. He also writes independently about various topics in philosophy and futurism, and holds a doctorate in...
Published 03/16/24
Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley is an associate professor at George Mason University and Deputy Director of their Biodefence Programme
In this episode we talk about:
Where the belief that 'bioweapons are easy to make' came from and why it has been difficult to change
Why transferring tacit...
Published 12/19/23