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EPISODE · Aug 18, 2026 · 10 MIN

Why AI Feels Alive to Some People

from The Last Show with David Cooper · host David Cooper

Psychiatry professor ⁠Dr. Joe Pierre⁠ reveals why ⁠some people believe AI chatbots are conscious and why that can be problematic⁠. Find Joe's book False: How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things that Aren't True here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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