New Frontiers in the Science of Consciousness | Donald Hoffman & Anil Seth

Prof. Donald Hoffman is Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, and the author of over 100 scientific papers and three books, including Visual Intelligence, and The Case Against Reality.

Prof. Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, where he is also Director of the Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science. His new book: Being You has won several awards and was a Sunday Times Bestseller.

This conversation explores parallels in their theories of consciousness but also the areas where their thinking diverges.

The topics covered include:

— How the reality we experience every day is an illusion

— Whether or not artificial intelligence will ever become conscious

— Mathematical proof that the space-time paradigm is doomed and the early research investigating what might be underneath.

— The practical implications of Donald’s and Anil’s theories - both for society and for every day life.