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Oct 8, 2026 36 min

LFP 137: Perspectives on Machine Consciousness

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Our topic in this episode is a new book that has just been published, “Perspectives on Machine Consciousness”. It contains 26 chapters written by a total of 31 authors, who include a wide range of distinguished neuroscientists, philosophers, technologists, AI specialists, science fiction authors, and futurists. One of the book’s co-editors is Calum, which is why David is asking the questions today. Selected follow-ups: "Perspectives on Machine Consciousness" - the book About Conscium "Dr. Daniel Hulme" - personal website Verify ax (AI agent verification platform) "Hard Problem of Consciousness" - Wikipedia "The Evidence for AI Consciousness, Today" - by Cameron Berg "Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the Science of Consciousness" by Patrick Butlin et al "Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious" - Anil Seth at TED "Futures with Digital Minds" - by Lucius Caviola and Bradford Saad "Will AI outsmart human intelligence? - with 'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton" - The Royal Institution "Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it doesn’t know it" - The Guardian "Judgment Day" - Terminator Wiki "Mindcrime" - Less Wrong "Elon Musk wants to save Western civilization from empathy" - CNN "Agent Smith's Disgust for Humanity – Iconic Matrix Scene" "Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will" (book by Robert Sapolsky) - Wikipedia "International Coordination on Advanced AI Red Lines" - IASEAI "AGI Red Lines and Green Arrows" - Daniel Faggella "Mark Solms: Engineering Consciousness – Can Robots 'Give a Damn?'" - Prism "Can analogue minds live forever?" - Chris Percy "The 'Pandora's Brain' series" - Calum Chace "The Rise and Fall of Agent Civilizations" - Dwarkesh Patel "Gaia hypothesis" - Wikipedia "Can AI Become Conscious? with Susan Schneider" - Closer to Truth "The frontier of brain science: AI and organoid research takes center stage in Silicon Valley" - UC Santa Cruz News Music: Spike Protein, by Koi Discovery, available under CC0 1.0 Public Domain Declaration

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Our topic in this episode is a new book that has just been published, “Perspectives on Machine Consciousness”. It contains 26 chapters written by a total of 31 authors, who include a wide range of distinguished neuroscientists, philosophers, technologists, AI specialists, science fiction authors, and futurists. One of the book’s co-editors is Calum, which is why David is asking the questions today. Selected follow-ups: "Perspectives on Machine Consciousness" - the bookAbout Conscium"Dr. Danie...

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