James Hughes on AI Consciousness: Buddhism & Posthuman Futures
Closer To Truth2 Juli 2025

James Hughes on AI Consciousness: Buddhism & Posthuman Futures

James Hughes Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, and a bioethicist and sociologist who serves as the Associate Provost for Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning for the University of Massachusetts Boston. He holds a doctorate in sociology from the University of Chicago, where he also taught bioethics at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. Dr. Hughes is author of Citizen Cyborg and co-editor of Surviving the Machine Age.

Watch all of our CTT Chats here.

This Chat was made possible by MindFest 2025: "Sentience, Autonomy, and the Future of Human-AI Interaction", a two-day event presented by the Center for the Future Mind. To learn more about groundbreaking innovation in AI, neuroscience, and the study of consciousness, visit the Center for the Future Mind, view MindFest videos, and subscribe to their newsletter, visit their website.

Avsnitt(100)

Can Brain Alone Explain Consciousness?

Can Brain Alone Explain Consciousness?

Support the show with a tax-deductible donation of any amount so we can continue exploring the world's biggest questions without the need for paywalls.   Can physical facts about the brain account for...

25 Mars 27min

Asking Ultimate Questions

Asking Ultimate Questions

Contribute what you can to help Closer To Truth continue exploring the world's deepest questions without the need for paywalls.   We like pushing boundaries, trying to discern existence, searching the...

18 Mars 27min

Why a Landscape of Consciousness?

Why a Landscape of Consciousness?

Contribute what you can to help Closer To Truth continue exploring the world's deepest questions without the need for paywalls. Explore diverse theories of consciousness, like materialism, dualism, pa...

11 Mars 26min

What Life Might Come After Death?

What Life Might Come After Death?

Make a donation to Closer To Truth to help us continue exploring the world's deepest questions without the need for paywall   What kinds of afterlives do the world’s religions offer? Soul/spirit in he...

8 Mars 26min

Could Theories of Consciousness Affect Life After Death?

Could Theories of Consciousness Affect Life After Death?

Life after death is a haunting and deeply personal longing. Can we explore life after death in relation to theories of consciousness, ranging from strict materialism to imaginative philosophy to ancie...

25 Feb 27min

Raymond Tallis on the Mystery of Human Beings

Raymond Tallis on the Mystery of Human Beings

Explicitness is one of the fundamental mysteries in which our lives are wrapped. Our capacity, as conscious subjects, to make things explicit, so that what-is presents itself as “that-it-is” or “that-...

18 Feb 25min

What do Theories of Consciousness Mean?

What do Theories of Consciousness Mean?

What causes consciousness, our inner felt experience, like the smell of garlic cooking in olive oil? Explore diverse theories from quantum consciousness to consciousness as fundamental reality. We see...

11 Feb 1h 9min

Can Art Harmonize Diverse Religions?

Can Art Harmonize Diverse Religions?

Almost all religions use art in their sacred spaces and many use art forms in their worship rituals. Certainly, there is powerful social cohesion at work. Can cross-religion communications in art, lar...

4 Feb 27min

Populärt inom Utbildning

historiepodden-se
rss-bara-en-till-om-missbruk-medberoende-2
det-skaver
harrisons-dramatiska-historia
nu-blir-det-historia
roda-vita-rosen
not-fanny-anymore
alska-oss
johannes-hansen-podcast
sektledare
sa-in-i-sjalen
rss-max-tant-med-max-villman
allt-du-velat-veta
rss-viktmedicinpodden
rikatillsammans-om-privatekonomi-rikedom-i-livet
rss-foraldramotet-bring-lagercrantz
i-vantan-pa-katastrofen
rss-sjalsligt-avkladd
rss-basta-livet
sex-pa-riktigt-med-marika-smith