Michael Huemer is a philosophy professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, author of The Problem of Political Authority and Skepticism and the Veil of Perception.We talk about phenomenal conservatism, anarcho-capitalism, whether AI could be conscious, what makes an experience belong to someone, and whether your dog has concepts.

0:00 How Huemer forms his beliefs

0:45 Phenomenal conservatism

3:36 Descartes and radical doubt

5:04 Anarcho-capitalism

24:21 AI — net positive or net negative?

25:57 Could AI be conscious?

28:19 Where does consciousness start?

36:09 Is the mind the only teleological thing?

42:28 Can you have experience without a self?

50:45 Do animals have concepts?

52:30 Advice for 17-year-olds