Neuroscientist Anil Seth says what we perceive as reality is actually a constructed representation created by our brains. He tells Imran Garda that even being yourself is not as simple as it sounds.
In this episode of The InnerView, they discuss what it truly means to be "you" and ponder whether artificial intelligence could possibly achieve consciousness.
00:00 Meet neuroscientist Anil Seth
01:36 Old vs. new science of consciousness
03:02 How do physical interventions on the brain affect the nature of consciousness?
04:50 Is our brain a computer?
06:06 What happens to a person after split-brain surgery?
07:28 Being you
08:30 Seth explains how the Shepard tables illusion works
12:05 The Ebbinghaus illusion
14:13 Why do people see “The Dress” as different colors?
17:56 The controversy surrounding it
18:54 “There is a real world, but we will never directly experience it”
21:52 What would happen to us if we experienced the world like Superman?
24:36 Could AGI reach the same levels of consciousness as us?
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