Exploring Consciousness: AI and Beyond

There are more potential moves on a Go board than there are atoms in the universe; the game is universally considered to be one of the most complex played by humans. And, yet, an AI computer program can play it perfectly. What does that mean for humanity?

Terry Sejnowski is the Frances Crick Chair at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, a Distinguished Professor at the University of San Diego, and author of the book “ChatGPT and The Future of AI.” Ricky Mulvey caught up with Sejnowski for a conversation about:

- How chatbots work.

- Mapping large neural models.

- What a self-aware parrot can teach us about human consciousness.

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Host: Ricky Mulvey

Guest: Terrence Sejnowski

Producer: Mary Long

Engineer: Rick Engdahl

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