Ep. 404: Could AI Be Conscious? (Chalmers vs. Dreyfus) (Part One)
From The Partially Examined Life · 48:19
Show by Mark Linsenmayer
On David Chalmers' "Could a Large Language Model Be Conscious?" (2023) and Hubert Dreyfus' What Computers Can't Do: The Limits of Artificial Intelligence (1972), ch. 7-9. How are intelligence and consciousness related, and even if an AI should be considered authentically intelligent, could any AI ever be considered conscious? Chalmers considers various arguments why current LLMs should be considered conscious now (he considers these unconvincing) and why they will never be (he also finds these unconvincing). Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion. Sponsors: If you're ready to launch your business before Black Friday, go to Shopify.com/pel to start your free trial. Visit functionhealth.com/PEL by midnight Cyber Monday to get your first year of membership for $295 (normally $365).
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