Is There a Future for Technology?

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London taxi drivers have larger hippocampus, the part of the brain that navigate spatial intelligence. We've also read about blind people who use part of the visual cortex for other purposes to enhance their ability to hear and smell. There's an argument that we could begin to use parts of our brain that we used to use,. right, for really kind of basic rudimentary stuff for new purposes - which would mean that without these glasses, we would truly become helpless.

Last year, Rufus sat down with philosopher David Chalmers to talk about the allure of virtual reality, whether robots will ever achieve consciousness, and the likelihood that we’re living in a simulation (David thinks it’s about 25 percent). It was a fascinating, freewheeling conversation, and we left large chunks of it on the cutting room floor. Now, though, with ChatGPT and other generative AI platforms taking the world by storm, those unaired sections, many of which were about the ethics of artificial intelligence, feel super relevant. So today, we’re sharing our complete interview with David. Buckle up. It’s a wild ride.