Artificial Intelligence: are Machines Conscious?

In this episode, special guest and author Mo Gawdat, chats with Dr Tony Nader about Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness. Will the best way for us to coexist with machines or “digital beings” be to appeal to their consciousness and morality rather than to try and control their thoughts or behaviors? Mo Gawdat is the former Chief Business Officer of Google [X], and was involved with Google’s ‘moonshot factory’ that works on the world’s most futuristic technologies, including Artificial Intelligence. He’s an international bestselling author of his first book "Solve for Happy" and has recently released his second book, "Scary Smart." Mo currently hosts the chart-topping Podcast "Slo-Mo" focused on the pursuit of purpose in our lives. What We Discuss with Mo: 00:00 Intro 02:29 Living two lives: Mo’s Journey 06:43 A big debate about what consciousness is and where it comes from 07:02 Is the machine conscious? 07:48 Machines will be a billion times smarter than us 08:35 Are we making a machine or birthing a child that is a conscious being? 09:25 The importance of raising our own consciousness while mastering the machines 11:17 Are we putting our consciousness into the machines? 13:23 The three stages of the machine: infants, teenagers, and beyond 19:04 Each of us are matter 21:14 How to get to the managing intelligence, which manages the entire universe. 23:39 We are the same but different. 30:06 How to know the true meaning of Know thyself by transcending. 33:09 Creating one billion happy people 42:48 Teaching the AI teenager about love and happiness 46:35 What is it that makes us happy? 52:15 Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder 55:25 Opening our eyes to a totally new side of what consciousness is Episode Resources: Scary Smart https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DW752Y1/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_0706Q3G6ZFQHBMYN3QRP Mo Gawdat | Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mo_gawdat/?hl=en Mo Gawdat | LinkedIn https://ae.linkedin.com/in/mogawdat?trk=author_mini-profile_title Mo Gawdat | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mo.gawdat.personal Mo Gawdat | Twitter https://twitter.com/mgawdat Mo Gawdat Website https://www.mogawdat.com/ Dr Tony Nader | Books https://www.drnaderbooks.com Dr Tony Nader | Website www.drtonynader.com Dr Tony Nader | Instagram instagram.com/drtonynader Dr Tony Nader | Twitter twitter.com/drtonynader Dr Tony Nader | YouTube www.youtube.com/DrTonyNader Dr Tony Nader | LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/dr-tony-nader