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Podcast: Tony Talks Back: Philosophy and Literature
Episode: Consciousness and Artificial Intelligence | Tony Talks Back Season 3
Description: There is little doubt in my mind that artificial intelligence is the most fascinating, utterly confusing, and potentially dangerous development mankind will go through. In the near future, we will need to face ethical questions of such kind as, do we grant personhood to AI? How do we determine who qualifies as a person and therefore is afforded ‘human rights’? What restrictions, if any, are necessary on personhood and artificial intelligence to ensure the flourishing and continuation of life?What I believe lies at the very heart of this discussion, is consciousness. Consciousness as subjective experience of the world seem...