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#75 – Eric Schwitzgebel on Digital Consciousness and the Weirdness of the World

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Limitations of Current Understanding of Consciousness and AI

This chapter explores the limitations of our current understanding of consciousness and moral theories in relation to artificial intelligence (AI) consciousness. The speakers discuss the influence of human embodiment on our existing theories, the debate about whether AI systems can be considered conscious beings, and the need for new perspectives to reason about the potential forms of AI consciousness.

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