Can AI Ever Be Conscious? Machine Phenomenology, Ethics of AI & the Future of Mind | Susan Schneider

Описание: Can AI ever be conscious?
Philosopher and cognitive scientist Professor Susan Schneider joins Tevin to explore one of the most urgent questions in philosophy of mind, AI ethics, neuroscience, and the future of intelligence.

Schneider is the former NASA Chair of Astrobiology & AI, author of Artificial You, and creator of multiple proposed tests for machine consciousness - including ACT (the AI Consciousness Test), Spectral Phi, and The Chip Test.

This conversation dives into:
• What consciousness is
• Whether large language models could ever have inner experience
• Why simulated emotions may be misleading
• Quantum Darwinism & the “decoherence dance”
• Moral status for artificial minds
• The future of AI ethics, agency & existential risk
• Why consciousness might be a “dual-use technology”

A must-watch episode for anyone interested in consciousness, AI safety, philosophy, neuroscience, or quantum theories of mind.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 – Intro & opening
0:06 – Defining consciousness: felt quality of experience
1:47 – Science of consciousness: neuroscience, information processing, meditation
2:57 – AI consciousness: global workspace & early systems
3:10 – Could AI have “something it’s like to be”?
28:52 – Early machine phenomenology & simulated emotion
29:41 – Language as a non-biological intelligence substrate
31:01 – Dissociating self, consciousness, agency
39:25 – Organoid consciousness & macro-conscious systems
40:29 – Introducing ACT: The AI Consciousness Test
42:31 – Philosophical probing: Mary, Freaky Friday, altered states
45:39 – Can ACT work on biological intelligence or hybrid systems?
46:47 – The Chip Test: repairing consciousness with implants
49:00 – Spectral Phi explained: coherence, information flow, consciousness
50:06 – Penrose, retrocausality & quantum metaphysics
57:09 – Quantum Darwinism & the decoherence dance
59:07 – Why GPT is not conscious (quantum argument)
1:00:09 – Does the universe have purpose? Panpsychism vs physics
1:07:17 – Moral status for conscious machines?
1:27:26 – Consciousness as dual-use technology: existential risks

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Susan's Website: https://schneiderwebsite.com/
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Center For The Future of AI, Mind & Society (AIMS): https://www.fau.edu/future-mind/

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