The Edge of Sentience by Jonathan Birch

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/45849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Edge of Sentience Author: Jonathan Birch Narrator: Graham Mack Format: mp3 Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins Release date: 02-18-25 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: Philosophy Publisher's Summary: Can octopuses feel pain and pleasure? What about crabs, shrimps, insects, or spiders? How do we tell whether a person unresponsive after severe brain injury might be suffering? When does a fetus in the womb start to have conscious experiences? Could there even be rudimentary feelings in miniature models of the human brain, grown from human stem cells? And what about AI? These are questions about the edge of sentience, and they are subject to enormous, disorienting uncertainty. We desperately want certainty, but it is out of reach.