Alex O'Connor with Neuroscientist Anil Seth: Psychedelics, AI Consciousness, Illusions

Alex O'Connor interview/discussion with with neuroscientist Anil Seth on all things perception, consciousness, reality, illusions, psychedelics, AI Consciousness and more.

0:00 Introduction
1:19 What is consciousness?
9:11 Colour and perception
15:16 Can we ever know the real world?
33:29 Illusions that prove our predictions affect perception
48:12 How expectations influence our reality
52:50 Colour and art
57:48 Is this a theory of consciousness?
1:03:25 Where is the self?
1:08:26 Leonardo da Vinci
1:10:40 Psychedelic drugs
1:21:18 Can machines be conscious?
1:40:49 Outro
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Anil Seth is a professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex. He is the author of "Being You: A New Science of Consciousness".

Website: https://www.anilseth.com/
The Perception Census: https://perceptioncensus.dreamachine.world/
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Alex J. O'Connor is an atheist, science enthusiast and advocate for political and educational secularism.
Cosmic Skeptic Blog: https://cosmicskeptic.com/
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Original video: https://youtu.be/CJxJxCyoJO4
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