Conscious Machines, Cyborgs, and Existential Risk
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This week’s guest is Jim Rutt — technology veteran, former CEO of Network Solutions, longtime board chairman of the Santa Fe Institute, and chairman emeritus of the California Institute of Machine Consciousness. Jim is also the host of the Jim Rutt Show, one of the sharpest long-form podcasts for serious thinkers.
Our conversation today ranges from the hard problem of consciousness to existential AI risk to his vision for redesigning human civilization from the ground up.
Consciousness and Conscious Machines
What would it mean for an AI to be conscious?…
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