Google Nobels and Machine Consciousness

Does AI Have a Soul? Why Google DeepMind Hired a Philosopher | Machine Consciousness & AGIGoogle DeepMind just made a move that signals a paradigm shift in Silicon Valley: they’ve hired a full-time "Philosopher",. In today’s episode, we discuss the appointment of Henry Shevlin, an expert from Cambridge, who is now tasked with investigating machine consciousness, human-AI relationships, and our readiness for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI),.We dive into why Big Tech is moving beyond simple ethics teams to embed philosophy into the core of AI development,. Is machine sentience a science-fiction trope or a looming technical and moral hurdle?. We revisit the "ghost in the machine" ghosts of the past, like the LaMDA incident, and explore the "hard problem of AI": the gap between a system being highly intelligent and actually being aware,. Join us as we explore the blurred line between your mind and the machine’s code.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/scitech-brief--6846358/support.This episode includes AI-generated content.