Could ChatGPT Ever Be Conscious? | #33 Dr. Ned Block

Dr. Ned Block, professor of philosophy and psychology at NYU, joins me to discuss theories of consciousness, functionalism, the difference between access and phenomenal consciousness, the limitations of current Large Language Models, and how far away artificial general intelligence is from our current capacities.To support the channel, do please oh please⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠consider donating.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Feel free to follow me on⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.EPISODE CHAPTERS00:00 Introduction00:22 Hard vs. easy problems of consciousness07:39 Reductive vs. non-reductive physicalism12:19 The Chinese nation thought experiment19:14 Can ChatGPT fool you into thinking it's a human? The Turing test28:31 Rules vs. patterns-based reasoning34:16 Blockhead thought experiment37:53 Phenomenal vs. access consciousness44:09 What is artificial intelligence?46:27 The limits of LLMs49:48 Does thinking require a brain?50:34 Narrow vs. general AI51:57 Is AI about to surpass human intelligence? Get full access to Miles K. Donahue at mileskdonahue.substack.com/subscribe