What Creates Consciousness?

Renowned researchers David Chalmers and Anil Seth join Brian Greene to explore how far science and philosophy have gone toward explaining the greatest of all mysteries, consciousness--and whether artificially intelligent systems may one day possess it.

This program is part of the Big Ideas series, supported by the John Templeton Foundation.

Participants:
David Chalmers
Anil Seth

Moderator:
Brian Greene

00:00 - Introduction
02:35 - Participant Introductions
03:50 - Will an Artificial System Ever Become Conscious?
05:32 - The Hard Problem of Consciousness
08:32 - Thought Experiment: Mary and the Nature of Conscious Experience
13:28 - The Hard Problem and The Real Problem of Consciousness
21:53 - The Brain as a Prediction Machine
25:41 - Possible Solutions to the Hard Problem
33:15 - Will AI Systems Become Conscious and How Will We Know?
40:11 - Is Human Consciousness the Only One Example of Conscious-like Experience?
42:19 - The Future of Creating Consciousness and the Ethical Questions
44:39 - Credits

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