{"id":235354,"date":"2026-04-16T15:08:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/is-ai-conscious"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:08:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:08:01","slug":"is-ai-conscious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/is-ai-conscious","title":{"rendered":"Is AI Conscious?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pNK0inby-oU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Anil Seth is one of most important and influential neuroscientists of consciousness in the present moment. He\u2019s also a great friend. We\u2019ve learnt so much for our public and private interactions. I think this is our fourth public interaction, but it was also the first that was just the two of us. This conversation surprised me and stimulated my thinking for a long time afterwards. There is a small problem I mention in the intro, but I hope you can see past that. Enjoy, and please let me know your thoughts!<\/p>\n<p>Come and see me in discussion with William Lane Craig, Jessica Frazier, and Joe Folley 1st May in the Royal Institution Theatre in London. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepanpsycast.com\/reserve\">https:\/\/www.thepanpsycast.com\/reserve<\/a>\u2026 book \u201cWhy? The Purpose of the Universe\u201d is now out in paperback: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Why-Purpose-\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Why-Purpose\u2013<\/a>\u2026 Please subscribe and support my public work financially if you\u2019re able. <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ philipgoffphilosophy.<\/p>\n<p>My book \u201cWhy? The Purpose of the Universe\u201d is now out in paperback: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Why-Purpose-\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Why-Purpose\u2013<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Please subscribe and support my public work financially if you\u2019re able. \/ philipgoffphilosophy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anil Seth is one of most important and influential neuroscientists of consciousness in the present moment. He\u2019s also a great friend. We\u2019ve learnt so much for our public and private interactions. I think this is our fourth public interaction, but it was also the first that was just the two of us. This conversation surprised [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}