#152 Why AI Will Never Be Conscious
April 20, 2026
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Episode 152 · April 20, 2026
#152 Why AI Will Never Be Conscious
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<p>Get Huel today with this exclusive offer for New Customers of 15% OFF with code alexoconnor at <a href="https://huel.com/alexoconnor" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://huel.com/alexoconnor </a>(Minimum $50 purchase).For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my <a href="https://www.alexoconnor.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Substack</a>.Anil Seth is a British neuroscientist and professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex. A proponent of materialist explanations of consciousness, he is currently amongst the most cited scholars on the topics of neuroscience and cognitive science globally.Read Anil's essay, <a href="https://www.noemamag.com/the-mythology-of-conscious-ai/Anil's website: https://www.anilseth.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"The Mythology of Conscious AI"</a>. - TIMESTAMPS</p><p><br /></p><p>00:00 - The Difference Between Intelligence and Consciousness</p><p>03:55 - What’s Stopping the Replication of Consciousness in AI?</p><p>17:01 - Can You Separate What the Brain Is From What It Does?</p><p>22:20 - Is Conscious Experience Just Predictions From the Brain?</p><p>26:48 - Why Do We Project Consciousness Onto LLMs?</p><p>37:27 - Can Consciousness Exist Without a Body?</p><p>42:25 - Why We Liken the Brain to a Computer</p><p>52:11 - Is There An Evolutionary Reason For Consciousness?</p><p>56:29 - Studying Unconscious Perception?</p><p>1:01:21 - Is Consciousness Unified? Split-Brain Patients</p><p>1:15:10 - Attention and Consciousness</p><p>1:19:04 - What Would a Conscious Chatbot Even Look Like?</p><p>1:25:13 - Consciousness as a Controlled Hallucination</p><p>1:34:19 - Do Scientists Actually Study “Consciousness” At All? </p><p><br /></p><p>- CONNECT</p><p>My Website: https://www.alexoconnor.com</p><p>Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cosmicskeptic</p><p>Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cosmicskeptic</p><p>Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/cosmicskeptic</p><p>TikTok: @CosmicSkeptic </p><p><br /></p><p>- CONTACT</p><p>Business email: contact@alexoconnor.com</p><p>Brand enquiries: David@modernstoa.co</p>
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