Can artificial intelligence achieve consciousness or personhood? Dr. Dolores Morris joins us to discuss recent developments in artificial intelligence (including Google’s AI called LAMDA), philosophy, and the question of consciousness. While the conversation starts with computers, it ends up with practical applications for our own lives (7:06). “We are more than just our brain states. We are more than just our body chemistry," she explains.

Plus, in “Headlines,” Dr. Benjamin Quinn talks about rising salaries and the dehumanization of athletes (1:12), and in “On My Bookshelf” Keelan Cook tells us what he’s reading right now (29:33).

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