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Professor Anil Seth

Professor of Neuroscience, University of Sussex. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Anil Seth researches the biological and computational basis of conscious experience, advancing predictive processing models of perception. He is best known for his book Being You: A New Science of Consciousness and his TED talk framing perception as a controlled hallucination.

What they said3 Shows1

Everything Professor Anil Seth said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

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Seth: Assuming human-level AI intelligence implies consciousness is unfounded

“And think that as systems increase in their level of intelligence at some point, usually the point at which we begin to approximate human level intelligence, the lights come on for that system and suddenly it is not only intelligent, it's also aware, but this …”

Professor Anil Seth Nov 9, 2022 ▶ 9:18 Fantasy and Fact: AI, Sentience and The Dangers Of Hype, from World Summit AI

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Seth: AI will create illusion of consciousness without verifiable subjective experience

“My suspicion is that the materiality of life really matters for consciousness, and what we're likely to come up with are machines that give us the strong impression of being conscious. But for which we will just not know whether there's anything it is like to …”

Professor Anil Seth Nov 9, 2022 ▶ 10:21 Fantasy and Fact: AI, Sentience and The Dangers Of Hype, from World Summit AI

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Seth: The true scientific value of AGI is understanding human nature

“That for me is the sort of scientific Value of general AI. It's shedding light on what it means to be human.”

Professor Anil Seth Nov 9, 2022 ▶ 24:59 Fantasy and Fact: AI, Sentience and The Dangers Of Hype, from World Summit AI

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Professor's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
BIG TECHNOLOGYLEDGER	Professor of Neuroscience, University of Sussex	1	3	—	full record on Big Technology →