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Check out my book Being You, and my prize-winning essay The Mythology of Conscious AI.
I'm delighted to be back in beautiful Kraków, to speak at the @CopernicusFest - first time since ASSC 2018! My talk is on "What is consciousness, and could AI have it?" 19:45 today (23/5) at the Museum of Engineering and Technology. Free & open to all.
Ildikó Enyedi's new film - Silent Friend - is simply bewitching. Great piece below, in @inversedotcom by @htranbui on the science behind (and very much within) the film. I was honoured that Ildikó found my work useful for it.
I spoke to Ildikó Enyedi, Tony Leung, and neuroscientist Anil Seth about whether we can really talk to plants, as Enyedi's gorgeous, mesmerizing drama suggests. The answer: maybe. https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/silent-friend-reel-science-plant-intelligence