The science of consciousness: Could a conscious AI exist? - with Anil Seth
Ri Science Podcast · The Royal Institution
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Show Notes
The science of consciousness is a complex and constantly evolving field of research. Neuroscientists are still understanding how it originates in humans, but the question now arises of whether Artificial Intelligence could ever become conscious. Cognitive and computational neuroscientist Anil Seth discusses the current theories for consciousness, and the probability of AI ever becoming conscious, in his essay 'the mythology of conscious AI' which won him the 2025 Berggruen Prize Essay Competition.
Read Anil's winning essay here.
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Producer and presenter: Lia Hale
Assistant producer: Georgina Gonzalez and Freddie Rodgers
Music: Joseph Sandy
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