The second of four episodes in which I quiz Eric Bruylant (my guest from episodes 16–19) on some follow-up issues related to our earlier discussion of the dangers of runaway artificial intelligence.
This time we debate the possibility of creating synthetic life. The key question: would an exact atom-for-atom copy of a living creature be alive or dead?
posted by Matthew Watkins at 08:18
"Emergence" (with Miriam)
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Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
"Rambles on a mind
map with Miriam"
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Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11
Episode 12
Episode 13
Episode 14
"Chatting to a pilgrim in Castle Street, Canterbury" (with Will)
Episode 15
"The future of AI" (with Eric)
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Episode 16
Episode 17
Episode 18
Episode 19
"Rambles on a mind map with Adam"
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Episode 20
Episode 21
Episode 22
Episode 23
Episode 24
Episode 25
Episode 30
Episode 31
Episode 32
Episode 33
"Mundus Imaginalis" (with Angela)
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Episode 26
Episode 27
Episode 28
Episode 29
"Rambles on a mind map with Juliet"
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Episode 34
Episode 35
Episode 36
Episode 37
Episode 38
Episode 39
Episode 40
Episode 45
Episode 46
Episode 47
"More AI concerns" (with Eric)
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Episode 41
Episode 42
Episode 43
Episode 44
"More rambles on a
mind map with Miriam"
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Episode 48
Episode 49
Episode 50
Episode 51
Episode 52
Episode 53
Episode 54
Episode 55
Episode 56
Episode 57
Episode 58
"Radical botany" (with Jim)
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Episode 59
Episode 60
Episode 61
Episode 62
Episode 63
Episode 64
Episode 65
Episode 66
Episode 67
"Integral anatomy" (with Piers)
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Episode 68
Episode 69
Episode 70
Episode 71
Episode 72
Episode 73
Episode 74
"Hexagram 4: 'Youthful Folly'"
(with Juliet)
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Episode 75
Episode 76
Episode 77
Episode 78
Episode 79
Episode 80
Episode 81
Episode 82
Episode 83
"the 'hard problem' of consciousness"
(with Mark)
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Episode 84
Episode 85
Episode 86
Episode 87
Episode 88
Episode 89
Episode 90
Episode 91
Episode 92
"anthropological rambles with Gyrus"
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Episode 93
Episode 94
Episode 95
Episode 96
Episode 97
Episode 98
Episode 99
Episode 100
"another mind-map ramble with Miriam"
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Episode 101
Episode 102
Episode 103
Episode 104
Episode 105
Episode 106
Episode 107
Episode 108
Episode 109
"Astrology" (with Angela)
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Episode 110
Episode 111
Episode 112
Episode 113
Episode 114
Episode 115
"Free will" (with Mark)
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Episode 116
Episode 117
Episode 118
Episode 119
Episode 120
Episode 121
Episode 122
Episode 123
Episode 124
Episode 125
"Sex, Gender and Judith Butler"
(with Jane Clare Jones)
Episode 126
"Prime Numbers and Ancient Amazonia (and Everything Else)" (with Conrad Singh)
Episode 127
"Sex and Gender Revisited"
(with Jane Clare Jones)
Episode 128
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