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#264 - Consciousness and Self (Rebroadcast)

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Scariest Possibility Is That We Will Build Superhuman AI That Is Not Conscious

The only ethically interesting thing would be if it were actually more important than us on the level of what it can experience. I think that's absolutely right. This is exactly where we started, that without consciousness, there is no meaning to anything. But I still kind of lurch away from that prospect in the hope that there is a point in the space of future possibilities that allows for conscious experiences not overwhelmingly characterized by suffering.

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