Who is Google DeepMind Scientist / Ex Machina Advisor, Murray Shanahan?

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/eonR5-VN4y8In this episode, I speak to the scientific advisor of the film 'Ex Machina', Professor Murray Shanahan. Murray works at Google DeepMind as a Principal Research Scientist, and is a Professor of Cognitive Robotics at Imperial College London. He is an expert in Artificial Intelligence (AI).The Human Podcast explores the lives, careers and beliefs of inspiring individuals. Subscribe for new interviews every week.🕒 TIMESTAMPS:0:00 - Helping with Ex Machina film3:13 - What Ex Machina taught me about AI5:25 - Is Ex Machina a realistic look at the future?6:55 - 'Her' film / AI relationships9:03 - Watershed robotics moment11:00 - Conversations with AI (LLM Chatbots)16:19 - Disturbing moments with AI18:05 - Theme of my career19:54 - Interest in technical & philosophical areas23:26 - Google DeepMind & Imperial College London24:25 - Being a student28:15 - Early life33:11 - Buddhism interest35:55 - Future plans39:00 - Consciousness / Conscious exotica45:30 - What is a good life?👤 GUEST:𝕏 - https://x.com/mpshanahanWikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_ShanahanWebsite - https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~mpsha/Book inspiring Ex Machina (Embodiment and the Inner Life” (2010)) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Embodiment-inner-life-Cognition-Consciousness/dp/0199226555?ref_=ast_author_dpConscious Exotica (Aeon article) - https://aeon.co/essays/beyond-humans-what-other-kinds-of-minds-might-be-out-thereGoogle Scholar - https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=00bnGpAAAAAJ&hl=enBluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/mpshanahan.bsky.social📱 SOCIAL:𝕏 - https://twitter.com/heyhumanpodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thehumanpodcastinstaTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thehumanpodcasttiktokEmail - [email protected]🎥 EQUIPMENT:Provided by Kintek, who provide organisations with outstanding technology services - https://kintek.co.uk🎵 MUSIC:Music by penguinmusic - Better Day from Pixabay