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

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In 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).

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0:00 - Helping with Ex Machina film

3:13 - What Ex Machina taught me about AI

5:25 - Is Ex Machina a realistic look at the future?

6:55 - 'Her' film / AI relationships

9:03 - Watershed robotics moment

11:00 - Conversations with AI (LLM Chatbots)

16:19 - Disturbing moments with AI

18:05 - Theme of my career

19:54 - Interest in technical & philosophical areas

23:26 - Google DeepMind & Imperial College London

24:25 - Being a student

28:15 - Early life

33:11 - Buddhism interest

35:55 - Future plans

39:00 - Consciousness / Conscious exotica

45:30 - What is a good life?

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Conscious Exotica (Aeon article) - https://aeon.co/essays/beyond-humans-what-other-kinds-of-minds-might-be-out-there

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