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Podcast: Richard Syrett's Strange Planet
Episode: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, PSYCHEDELICS, AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Description: EPISODE #597 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, PSYCHEDELICS, AND CONSCIOUSNESSCan we build a robot that trips on acid? This is not a frivolous question, according to neuroscientist Andrew Smart. If we can't, he argues, we haven't really created artificial intelligence. Richard and Andrew discuss his book Beyond Zero and One, which challenges fundamental assumptions underlying artificial intelligence.Guest: Andrew Smart is the author of Autopilot: The Art and Science of Doing Nothing and Beyond Zero and One. A scientist and engineer interested in consciousness, brains and technology. In his latest book, Smart convincingly makes the case that true i...