Should we upload our consciousness to machines? | Pigliucci, Yampolskiy, Sandberg, Dijkstra
204Massimo Pigliucci, Roman Yampolskiy, Anders Sandberg, and Nadine Dijkstra discuss the latest developments in neuroscience and computer programming.
Can we upload our minds to computers?
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The idea of uploading our minds to the digital cloud has not only been taken seriously by Silicon Valley, but turned into a detailed business plan. Elon Musk claims digitising consciousness will revolutionise humanity, and the industry is estimated to be worth $50 billion by 2030. But it's unknown whether, in principle, we can replicate minds with computer code, or whether we should seek to do so. Critics argue we have no idea how a machine could create consciousness, and neuroscientists have yet to provide an explanation for how the brain does so. A survey of specialists by Nature found the majority thought it unlikely AI would achieve consciousness anytime soon.
Should we see talk of uploading our minds to the cloud as implausible tech marketing nonsense? Should we conclude that if thought and consciousness are unobservable, it will not be possible to replicate the mind with silicon chips? Or is digital immortality such a profound and important sea change in our lives and potential that we should pursue it at all costs?
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Nadine Dijkstra is a Senior Research Fellow at the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging at UCL and leads the Imagine Reality Lab. Her research focuses on computational and neural mechanisms of mental imagery. Roman Yampolskiy is a professor and computer scientist at the University of Louisville who specialises in artificial intelligence, AI safety, digital forensics and behavioural biometrics. Anders Sandberg is a Swedish researcher, futurist, and transhumanist renowned for his work on human enhancement and future technologies. Massimo Pigliucci is an Italian-American philosopher and biologist specialising in evolutionary biology and the philosophy of science. His recent work focuses on Stoicism. Hosted by mechanical engineer, media broadcaster, producer and author, Shini Somara.
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00:00 Introduction
00:15 Can we put minds on a silicon chip?
01:12 Consciousness, qualia, and machine intelligence
02:40 The hard problem of consciousness
04:30 The success of neuroscience
05:04 What are the benefits of uploading our minds to computers?
06:51 Constructing digital models of brains
08:40 Digital immortality and cyber security
10:58 How close are companies like Neuralink to succeeding with mind uploads?
11:43 Is immortality a good thing?
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