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Uncertainty

Miles K. Donahue

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 63

A philosophy Ph.D. student working his way, with the world's leading thinkers, through the problems of philosophy, religion, science, and the existential struggle with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) - similar to Alex O'Connor, but more American. Who wants to come along for the ride?

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Could ChatGPT Ever Be Conscious? | #33 Dr. Ned Block

Sunday, May 18, 2025 • Duration 56:27

Dr. Ned Block, professor of philosophy and psychology at NYU, joins me to discuss theories of consciousness, functionalism, the difference between access and phenomenal consciousness, the limitations of current Large Language Models, and how far away artificial general intelligence is from our current capacities.

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00:00 Introduction

00:22 Hard vs. easy problems of consciousness

07:39 Reductive vs. non-reductive physicalism

12:19 The Chinese nation thought experiment

19:14 Can ChatGPT fool you into thinking it's a human? The Turing test

28:31 Rules vs. patterns-based reasoning

34:16 Blockhead thought experiment

37:53 Phenomenal vs. access consciousness

44:09 What is artificial intelligence?

46:27 The limits of LLMs

49:48 Does thinking require a brain?

50:34 Narrow vs. general AI

51:57 Is AI about to surpass human intelligence?

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Two Oxford Students Solve All of Philosophy | #32 Sam Thomas

Sunday, May 11, 2025 • Duration 02:09:20

Sam Thomas, my philosophy bestie hailing from Oxford, England, joins me to go through the results of the 2020 PhilPapers survey of professional philosophers. We offer our opinions on many major philosophical issues.

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EPISODE CHAPTERS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:15 A Priori Knowledge

00:11:22 Aim of Philosophy

00:22:01 Eating Animals

00:32:50 Experience Machine

00:43:17 External World Skepticism

00:52:11 The Trolly Problem

01:06:23 God's Existence

01:29:38 Meaning of Life

01:41:37 Chinese Room

01:48:55 Immortality

02:00:20 Philosophical Progress

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Fine-Tuning is Evidence for God | #23 Dr. Tom Rudelius

Sunday, March 9, 2025 • Duration 01:19:39

Dr. Thomas Rudelius, early universe cosmologist and professor of physics at Durham University, sits down with me to discuss whether cosmology indicates that the universe began to exist, what it might mean for spacetime to "emerge" from a deeper reality, and whether the fine-tuning of the laws of physics indicates design behind the universe.