Murray Shanahan: What are Conscious Exotica? Consciousness, AI & the Space of Possible Minds
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WATCH: https://youtu.be/MrV9IwZd3qE Murray Shanahan is Professor of Cognitive Robotics at Imperial College London and a principal research scientist at Google DeepMind. Educated at Imperial College (BSc(Eng) computer science) and Cambridge University (King’s College; PhD computer science), he became a full Professor at Imperial, and joined DeepMind. His publications span artificial intelligence, machine learning, logic, dynamical systems, computational neuroscience, and philosophy of mind. He was Scientific Advisor on the film Ex Machina (2014). He has written several books, including “Embodiment and the Inner Life” (2010) and “The Technological Singularity” (2015). TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) - Introduction (2:40) - Artificial General Intelligence, Cognition & Consciousness (5:41) - Was Ava Conscious? (Ex Machina) (10:30) - The Turing Test & Mary's Room (19:45) - 4E CogSci (24:40) - The Space of Possible Minds (Conscious Exotica) (31:40) - AI's "Mind-Like" entities (40:30) - Attention Schema Theory & Global Workspace Theory & Behavior (45:40) - Disembodied AI & LLMs (50:25) - Ex Machina vs HER (56:20) - Technological Singularity (60:38) - Murray' favourite Sci-Fi Writers & Philosophers, and Scientists (1:05:10) - Role Play, Goal Orienting, LLMs & AGI (1:14:10) - Emergence (1:17:48) - Murray's Next Book (about Philosophy of Mind in light of AI) (1:19:44) - Conclusion EPISODE LINKS: - Murray's Website: https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~mpsha/ - Murray's Books: https://tinyurl.com/ay4bncpn - Murray's Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=00bnGpAAAAAJ&hl=en - Murray's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mpshanahan CONNECT: - Website: https://tevinnaidu.com - Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drtevinnaidu - Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtevinnaidu - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drtevinnaidu - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drtevinnaidu - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtevinnaidu ============================= Disclaimer: The information provided on this channel is for educational purposes only. The content is shared in the spirit of open discourse and does not constitute, nor does it substitute, professional or medical advice. We do not accept any liability for any loss or damage incurred from you acting or not acting as a result of listening/watching any of our contents. You acknowledge that you use the information provided at your own risk. Listeners/viewers are advised to conduct their own research and consult with their own experts in the respective fields.
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