Mark Solms: Consciousness and Artificial Sentience

Paradigm

Jul 21, 2023•1 hr 51 min

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Episode description

Mark Solms is a celebrated neuroscientist known for his discovery of the brain mechanisms of dreaming. His work with Karl Friston and others has had a profound influence on our understanding of consciousness.

Find episode details, video and more at: https://www.matthewgeleta.com/

Today’s topics include:

* Consciousness in non-human animals

* Historical paradigms in our understanding of consciousness

* The source of consciousness in the brain stem

* The “hard problem” of consciousness

* The possibility of engineering consciousness in non-biological substrates

* The ethical implications of synthetic and non-biological systems

… and other topics,

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Mark’s links:

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/mark_solms