COMPUTER SCIENTISTS DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS! CONSCIOUS AI LECTURE

Bernardo Kastrup

In this lecture given at the G10 conference, the director of the Essentia Foundation, Bernardo Kastrup, argues why the idea of conscious AI, though we cannot refute it categorically, is silly. Perhaps we should rather ask ourselves the question why we entertain the idea of sentient computers in the first place...

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Intro

4:12 Start of Lecture on Al & Consciousness

6:23 Bernardo Kastrup's Background & Perspective

7:41 Early Career & Al Experimentation

10:43 Challenges in Al Consciousness

13:07 Philosophical & Practical Implications

15:45 Arguments & Critique of Al Sentience

18:55 Obvious Differences Between Al & Human Brain

21:32 Computer Scientists, Misconceptions & Sensationalism

28:42 Cultural & Psychological Factors

29:50 What Can We Learn From Nature About Consciousness?

35:11 Panpsychism and Its Flaws

38:27 Quantum Field Theory and Reality

43:44 Moving Forward with Clarity

48:39 Q&A Session