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Ask HN: Recommend philosophy around consciousness and AI

1 points by dboon ↗ HN
With 2022 being a huge year for AI via ChatGPT and various diffusion models producing astounding results, I’d like to read thoughtful takes on whether these things are alive in a classical or contrived sense.

Could be philosophers from a world before this technology was a twinkle in the world’s eye up to modern day blogs from folks immersed in this culture. Anything from academic, to fiction, to amateur would be much appreciated.

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By far my favourite book on consciousness is "The View From Nowhere" by Thomas Nagel. It doesn't mention AI but you can make the connections yourself.

David Chalmers has a recent book and a bunch of papers on AI and consciousness. I haven't read the book or much of his other recent stuff, but he is super smart, and also (!) well respected by other philosophers. See https://consc.net/