ConCon – Consciousness Conversations
Our Day 1 recap of The Science of Consciousness Conference 2023 in Taormina, Italy. Full program and details: https://tsc2023-taormina.it/
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Robin Zebrowski: https://www.beloit.edu/live/profiles/290-robin-zebrowski
John Sullins: https://johnsullins.academia.edu/
Stanislaw Lem – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem_and_their_adaptations
Phronesis – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phronesis
JoeJohn McFadden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnjoe_McFadden
Jim Al-Khalili: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Al-Khalili
Al-Khalili Quantum Biology Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=_qgSz1UmcBM&t=8m04s
00:00 Intro
01:30 Ethical Concerns of AI and Consciousness
06:40 Assistive Robot Agents with Inner Voices
16:38 Phronesis and using AI to be more moral
20:35 Stop trying to make Quantum Consciousness happen
Source
Ben briefly mentioned that humans don't often understand their own motivations well. Why should we expect AI to do so then? Maybe, at least for now, we can settle for adding a second "confabulator" network to interact with the primary one, and make up stories that at least seem feasible. Seems to work ok for us 😅