Michael Graziano on consciousness, attention schema theory, AI | Thing in itself w/ Ashar Khan

Michael Graziano is professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University and creator of the attention schema theory. 0:00 intro and background 4:48 attention schema theory (AST) 8:13 attention and awareness 11:46 social cognition 14:45 did consciousness evolve? 17:56 causality at higher levels 20:51 temporoparietal junction (TPJ) // localization in the brain 22:28 how does AST explain qualia 26:14 philosophy of consciousness 29:33 IIT and panpsychism 35:00 eliminativism 39:44 animal consciousness 45:57 what consciousness is not 47:16 consciousness on a spectrum? 49:13 attention without awareness // mismatch cases 51:24 infant consciousness 53:30 global workspace theory 56:54 higher order thought theories 1:02:00 embodied cognition 1:04:09 can machines be conscious? 1:11:50 AI ethics 1:19:57 emotions 1:25:30 brain uploading Personal Website: https://www.asharkhan.ca/ Podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0dUBLTl... Google: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Amazon: https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9c6c...