Artificial intelligence (AI) is edging closer to doing things that are recognised as human intelligence. Daniel Dennett, a celebrated philosopher who has spent decades considering what makes a mind, is concerned about giving AI too much autonomy, and about what he calls “counterfeit people”—how will real humans deal with an influx of the fake kind?

The latest of Daniel Dennett’s many books is “I’ve Been Thinking”, a memoir offering advice on how to be a good thinker. He is Professor Emeritus at Tufts University.

Host: Alok Jha, The Economist’s science and technology editor. 

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