Hosted by Dan Williams · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 17 episodes
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A podcast about big questions in philosophy, psychology, evolution, politics, artificial intelligence, and more. www.conspicuouscognition.com
Dan Williams hosts Conspicuous Cognition Podcast, a society show with 17 episodes published.
The political scientist Alexander Kustov recently published a Substack post with a provocative claim: that AI can already do social science research better than most professors. The post went viral. It attracted more tha
Richard Dawkins recently announced in UnHerd that, after spending three days talking with an instance of Claude he christened “Claudia,” he had been moved to expostulate: “You may not know you are conscious, but you bloo
Most conversations about artificial intelligence are focused on Earth: jobs, misinformation, education, politics, science, regulation, consciousness, safety, and the future of human society. But AI—and especially the pos
Almost all of the discussion about the risks associated with AI focuses on the dangers that increasingly advanced AI systems pose to us — to humanity. But what about the dangers that we might pose to them? As these syste
In this episode, Henry and I finally do something we probably should have done in the first episode: introduce ourselves. We talk about our backgrounds in philosophy, how we became interested in psychology and cognitive
We are joined by Anil Seth for a deep dive into the science, philosophy, and ethics surrounding the topic of AI and consciousness. Anil outlines and defends his view that the brain is not a computer, or at least not a di
Henry and I chat with Dr Sacha Altay about: * How prevalent is misinformation? * What even is “misinformation”? * Is there a difference between politics and science? * How impactful are propaganda, influence campaigns, a
Keywords AGI, artificial general intelligence, AI progress, transformative AI, human intelligence, skepticism, economic impact, political implications, cultural shift, predictions Summary In this conversation, Dan Willia
In this episode, Henry and I spoke to Rose Guingrich about AI companions, consciousness, and much more. This was a really fun conversation! Rose is a PhD candidate in Psychology and Social Policy at Princeton University
Henry Shevlin and I sat down to discuss a topic that is currently driving both of us slightly insane: the impact of AI on education. On the one hand, the educational potential of AI is staggering. Modern large language m
In this conversation, I explore the surprisingly popular and rapidly growing world of ‘social AI’ (friendbots, sexbots, etc.) with Henry Shevlin, who coined the term and is an expert on AI companionship. We discuss the m
I sat down with Henry Shevlin and Andy Masley to discuss AI’s environmental impact and why Andy thinks the panic is largely misplaced. Andy’s core argument: a single ChatGPT prompt uses a tiny fraction of your daily emis
In this conversation, Dr Henry Shevlin (University of Cambridge) and I explore the complex and multifaceted topic of AI consciousness. We discuss philosophical and scientific dimensions of consciousness, discussing its d
Is artificial intelligence (AI) a “normal technology” or a potentially “superintelligent” alien species? Is it true, as some influential people claim, that if anyone builds “super-intelligent” AI systems, everyone dies?
How similar is ChatGPT-5 to the human mind? How should we measure AI progress? How close are we to transformative AI? Are "super-intelligent" AI sytems likely to kill us all? This is a public episode. If you'd like to di
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.conspicuouscognition.com This week, I talked with the great Elle Griffin about “free speech in the age of social media.” Elle is a writer, essayist, and g
Richard Dawkins
ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author · Federated Farmers
1 appearance on this show
David Kipping
director · Cool Worlds Lab
1 appearance on this show
Robert Long
Business Development Manager · DeSoto County Museum
1 appearance on this show
Anil Seth
Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience · University of Sussex
1 appearance on this show
Dan Williams
Managing Director of the building services division, SRW · Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau
1 appearance on this show
Henry Shevlin
Associate Director · Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
6 appearances on this show
Elle Griffin
writer, editor, founder of The Elysian · The Elysian
1 appearance on this show
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