Joan Slonczewski is a microbiologist at Kenyon College and a science fiction writer. A Sentientism worldview conversation about what’s real, who matters and how to make a better world.
Tag archives: AI
Can Capitalism Ever Be Compassionate? – Marketing Expert Jack Waverley on Sentientism Ep:235
Jack Waverley is a senior lecturer in marketing at the University of Manchester. A Sentientism conversation about what’s real, who matters and how to make a better world.
If AIs Are Sentient They Will Know Suffering is Bad – Ronen Bar of The Moral Alignment Center on Sentientism Ep:226
Ronen Bar is the founder of The Moral Alignment Center. A Sentientism conversation about what’s real, who matters and how to make a better world.
“We’re like babies running around with machine guns” – Mike Berners-Lee – on Sentientism ep:224
Mike Berners-Lee is a professor and fellow of the Institute for Social Futures at Lancaster University. His latest book is A Climate of Truth. A Sentientism conversation.
Baroness Natalie Bennett “You’ll have less stuff in your life but you’ll have far more life!” on Sentientism ep:222
Natalie Bennett is a politician and journalist who was the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2012 to 2016. A Sentientism conversation about “what’s real?”, “who matters?” and “how to make a better future?”
“Reductionism is well-named. It reduces what you can do.” – Michael Levin – Sentientism Ep:199
Dr Michael Levin is a developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University. A Sentientism conversation about what’s real, who matters and how to make a better future.
Christof Koch and IIT – “Consciousness is not a computation… it’s a state of being” – Sentientism Ep:181
Christof Koch is a neurophysiologist and computational neuroscientist best known for his work on the neural basis of consciousness and Integrated Information Theory. A Sentientism conversation about what’s real, who matters, what is consciousness and how to make a better world.
What kind of relationships do we want with AI & other sentient beings? – Jared Moore – Novelist & AI Researcher – Sentientism Ep:167
Jared is an AI researcher and novelist. A conversation about what’s real, who matters and how to make a better future. Sentientism is “evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings”.
“An Aligned AGI would end factory farming” – Kat Woods – EA Charity Founder – Sentientism Ep: 166
Kat Woods has co-founded multiple charities and currently focuses on trying to make transformative artificial intelligence play out well for all sentient beings. A Sentientist Conversation.
Should non-sentient agents matter too? – Philosopher Nicolas Delon – Sentientism Ep:159
Nicolas is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies at the New College of Florida. A conversation about Sentientism’s “evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings”.
“A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness” – Walter Veit – Sentientism Ep:158
Walter Veit is an interdisciplinary scientist, philosopher and writer focusing on biology, minds and ethics. A conversation about his new book A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness”.
“With great power comes great responsibility” – Elan Abrell – Anthropologist & Author – Sentientism Episode 154
Elan Abrell is a cultural anthropologist and author of “Saving Animals: Multispecies Ecologies of Rescue and Care”. A conversation about Sentientism’s “evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings”.
Should Effective Altruism Take Abolitionism More Seriously? – Dhruv Makwana – Sentientism Episode 150
Dhruv is a PhD student at the Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge. Sentientism is evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings.
“That’s moral progress – you have to interfere in things” – Philosopher Kyle Johannsen
A Sentientist Conversation about “what’s real?” and “what matters?” with Kyle Johannsen, philosopher and author of “Wild Animal Ethics”.