Latest / Commune with Jeff Krasno
Michael Pollan on Consciousness, AI, and the Self
Can artificial intelligence ever be conscious? Michael Pollan says no, and at the Harvest Series in Kaplankaya, he lays out exactly why, starting with what he calls a faulty metaphor: the idea that the brain is a computer.
Jeff and Pollan dig into consciousness science, plant sentience, and the psychedelic research that shaped Pollan's thinking, then turn to AI, chatbots, and what happens when people mistake simulation for feeling.
The neuroscience case against AI consciousness, and why feelings may require a body, mortality, and the ability to suffer
Plant sentience explained: what it means…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.