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Intelligence Squared

Is This Reality? VR, AI, and the Mystery of Consciousness - Part 1

Intelligence Squared

Intelligence Squared

News, Society & Culture, News Commentary, Arts

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Throughout the year, AI development has taken significant strides. We are living in a society that is becoming increasingly reliant on digital technology, which soon could be flooded with computer-generated content. As technology advances, it will become harder to distinguish between the virtual and the real, eventually almost impossible. Is this a cause for concern? In part one of this partnership with the Swedish publishing house and ideas forum Fri Tanke we hear from keynote speaker David Chalmers, Professor of Philosophy at New York University. We’d love to hear your feedback and what you think we should talk about next, who we should have on and what our future debates should be.  This event took place in May 2023 in Stockholm. Send us an email or voice note with your thoughts to podcasts@intelligencesquared.com or Tweet us @intelligence2.  And if you’d like to get ad-free access to all Intelligence Squared podcasts, including exclusive bonus content, early access to new episodes and much more, become a supporter of Intelligence Squared today for just £4.99, or the equivalent in your local currency .  Just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:09.0

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0:14.2

super-sized superyots, and there's no end to high-end shops.

0:21.0

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0:30.0

Hello, I'm Ian Stirling, and I'm with one of McCain's farmers who grow their potatoes.

0:34.0

Hang on, these are odd-looking potatoes.

0:36.0

That's kale, Ian.

0:38.0

You do know you need potato to make chips, right?

0:41.0

Yes, but we don't just grow potatoes.

0:43.0

We actually rotate different crops to help keep the soil healthy.

0:46.0

So we eat McCain chips. I'm helping do some good.

0:49.0

Exactly, yeah. You're supporting the move to regenerative farming.

0:52.0

By the way, I do know the difference between kale and potatoes.

0:56.0

Of course you do.

0:58.0

McCain, let's all chip in.

1:01.0

Welcome to the Intelligence Square podcast.

1:03.0

I'm producer Catherine Hughes.

1:05.0

Over the last year, AI has been advancing at unprecedented speed.

1:09.0

Tools like ChatGPT are taking the trajectory out of many of our everyday activities,

1:13.0

and creating exciting possibilities.

1:16.0

But alarm bells are ringing.

1:18.0

As we become increasingly unable to differentiate between the real and the virtual,

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