Paul Thagard on AI, Animal Consciousness, and Human Intelligence | Closer To Truth Chats

Make a donation to Closer To Truth to help us continue exploring the world's deepest questions without the need for paywalls: https://shorturl.at/OnyRq How do animals and smart machines measure up to human intelligence? Can fish feel pain and do dogs get jealous? Paul Thagard—a philosopher and cognitive scientist—explores hotly debated issues about animal and artificial intelligence to conclude that current bots and beasts fall far short of human capabilities. Thagard's book, "Bots and Beasts: What Makes Machines, Animals, and People Smart?", is available for purchase now: https://bit.ly/43ydUPn Paul Thagard is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo. He is the author of many books and writes a popular blog for Psychology Today. Watch more Closer To Truth Chats here: https://t.ly/jJI7e Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers. 1:04: Understanding the dynamics of misinformation is crucial for addressing the spread of falsehoods. 7:26: Comparing animal and machine intelligence with human cognition in a systematic framework. 12:11: The concept of intelligence and its various components in human cognition. 18:16: Complexities of consciousness in relation to brain functions and intelligence. 23:15: Attributes of behavior best explained by consciousness across biological hierarchy. 28:30: Different types of consciousness and their complexity 33:22: Differentiating attribution and comparison procedures in evaluating intelligence using 20 criteria for humans, animals, and machines. 38:20: Advancements in AI through deep learning, illustrated by protein folding prediction and language translation. 43:33: Importance of attention in human consciousness, distinction between human and AI attention, and unconscious nature of most perception. 48:29: Emergence of music and art in human society around 100,000 years ago is linked to the development of full-blown human intelligence through recursion. 53:44: Analytic philosophers are exploring the concept of panpsychism, suggesting that everything in the universe is conscious, despite lack of evidence. 59:09: Comparing human and animal behaviors in public and private settings. 1:04:15: Ethical principles prioritize human needs over greed in AI development.