Conscious AI. Three views.

We are hosting a series of discussions focused on the philosophy of AI. Our motivating questions are whether today's LLMs have knowledge, whether they are conscious, whether they have agency, and finally whether they can be moral. This week we discuss a paper we found only yesterday. I know, I know. Poor planning. de Weerd (preprint) Can AI Be Conscious? Biological Naturalism as a Research Program You can find it here: https://bit.ly/th-readings In case it's too much reading on too short notice, watch these Youtubes instead. No, scratch that. Watch them anyway just for fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7t1Q_p2gZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRbZyuY8EN8 For those of you who remember the old philosophy meetup, we have returned to the old format, but with better food.