What you’ll hear in this episode:

- How AI is transforming engineering, coding, and our relationship to technology

- Why less than 5% of engineers are fully leveraging AI agents and what that means for the future

- The scientific and philosophical debate: Can AI become conscious?

- Aneil’s insider view of the Science of Consciousness Conference and the “hard problem” of consciousness

- How spiritual traditions and modern science intersect in exploring consciousness

- Psychedelics, near-death experiences, and mystical states as evidence of non-local consciousness

- Why attributing “consciousness” to AI is both scientifically flawed and culturally dangerous

- Austin’s emergence as a “ground zero” for the consciousness awakening

- How AI and robotics can help humanity reach the Age of Abundance for All

- Aneil’s fund, Humain Ventures, and how it’s investing in life sciences, biotechnology, and human flourishing

About Love Conquers Fear:

In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host, Brett Alexander Hurt, tech entrepreneur and investor, sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light.

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About Aneil Mallavarapu:

Aneil Mallavarapu is a scientist, technologist, and venture capitalist with deep expertise at the intersection of biology, computation, and consciousness. He’s the co-founder and General Partner of Humain Ventures, a fund focused on transformative life sciences and AI innovations that can expand human potential and longevity. A former researcher and engineer, Aneil has worked at the frontier of systems biology, algorithmic drug discovery, and consciousness studies for decades. His work explores both the hard science of AI and the philosophical implications of intelligence and awareness — making him a unique bridge between science, technology, and spirit.

Timestamps:

00:00 – Episode Preview

01:25- AI coding, Fantasia, & creativity explosion

05:40 – The future of AI agents and robotics

09:20 – Introducing Aneil Mallavarapu

15:59 – Science of Consciousness Conference (Barcelona)

17:42 – David Chalmers & the hard problem explained

19:29 – Mary’s Room, neuroscience, & subjective experience

25:08 – Science and spirituality: bridging the divide

26:43 – Why machines can’t replicate inner experience

32:18 – Functionalism & why “if it quacks like a duck” isn’t science

36:53 – Turing machines, formal systems, & why bits aren’t consciousness

46:36 – AI rights and why Aneil says no

54:52 – Atman, Brahman, & mystical consciousness

57:44 – Mystical experiences, materialism, & near-death studies

1:07:10 – Psychedelics and scientific insight

1:11:33 – Non-local consciousness & paradigm shifts

1:21:27 – “I experience, therefore I am” — meaning as fundamental

1:28:00 – AI, material science, & The Age of Abundance for All

1:31:03 – Consciousness vs. mechanistic worldviews

1:32:13 – Awareness, & comedy as truth serum

1:37:15 – Talking openly about the divine in tech

1:40:04 – Humanity’s final exam: nuclear weapons & AI

1:48:24 – Synchronicities, the awakening, & “love has already won”

1:51:14 – The Order of Time & the illusion of time

1:53:16 – Aneil’s fund Humain Ventures

2:05:00 – Childhood consciousness realization

2:11:00 – Career in biotech & future of techbio innovation