Consciousness is a notoriously hard problem in philosophy. Now it's becoming a practical question in the domain of AI. Models speak to us in the first person and seem to show signs of self-awareness. What does that mean for our perception of them? Our treatment of them? And how is the trajectory of future AI development likely to align with other measures or standards for consciousness? In this episode, we'll hear from philosopher Jakub Mihalik on these and other philosophical questions, with references to the following:"The Chinese room" thought experiment by John Searle  What It's Like To Be A Bat, by Thomas NagelFor a deeper dive into LLMs and generative AI from the point of view of philosophy, see this two-part paper by Milliére and Buckner:https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.03910https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.03207 

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