{"id":237129,"date":"2026-05-14T03:57:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/human-vs-machine-consciousness-imperials-murray-shanahan"},"modified":"2026-05-14T03:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:57:45","slug":"human-vs-machine-consciousness-imperials-murray-shanahan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/human-vs-machine-consciousness-imperials-murray-shanahan","title":{"rendered":"Human vs. Machine Consciousness | Imperial\u2019s Murray Shanahan"},"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\/bBdE7ojaN9k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>An interview with Murray Shanahan on philosophy and AI consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>For more on how you can get involved with Cosmos including roles we are hiring for &amp; how to receive our grants, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/johnathanbi.com\/cosmos\">https:\/\/johnathanbi.com\/cosmos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the full transcript here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnathanbi.com\/p\/transcript-for-interview-with-murray-shanahan-on-ai\">https:\/\/www.johnathanbi.com\/p\/transcript-for-interview-with-\u2026ahan-on-ai<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Companion Interviews:<br \/> Reid Hoffman on the Killer App of AI: \u2022 The AI Use-Case No One is Talking About |\u2026<br \/> Tyler Cowen on AI, US-China, Jobs, and War: \u2022 AI\u2019s New World Order: US-China, War, Job L\u2026<br \/> Nick Bostrom on how to AGI-proof Your Life: \u2022 Focus on These AGI-Proof Areas | Nick Bostrom.<br \/> Michael Wooldridge on the Singularity and AI Hype: \u2022 Don\u2019t Believe AI Hype, This is Where it\u2019s\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Further Reading:<br \/> Professor Shanahan\u2019s book on Consciousness: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/42rdsT0\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/42rdsT0<\/a> (affiliate) <\/p>\n<p>Timestamps:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/human-vs-machine-consciousness-imperials-murray-shanahan\">Continue reading \u201cHuman vs. Machine Consciousness | Imperial\u2019s Murray Shanahan\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interview with Murray Shanahan on philosophy and AI consciousness. For more on how you can get involved with Cosmos including roles we are hiring for &amp; how to receive our grants, visit: https:\/\/johnathanbi.com\/cosmos. You can read the full transcript here: https:\/\/www.johnathanbi.com\/p\/transcript-for-interview-with-\u2026ahan-on-ai. Companion Interviews: Reid Hoffman on the Killer App of AI: \u2022 The AI [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1878,6,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment","category-robotics-ai","category-singularity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237129","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=237129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}