Will emerging technologies change what it means to be conscious?
Anil Seth explores how brain-machine interfaces and sensory augmentation could reshape conscious experience, while arguing that uploading human consciousness into a computer remains highly speculative.
0:00 Will Transhumanism Change Consciousness?
1:01 The Promise and Risks of Brain-Machine Interfaces
2:05 Can Technology Create New Experiences?
3:39 Could Humans Become a New Species?
4:10 Can You Upload Your Consciousness?
Anil Seth is a neuroscientist and Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, where he directs the Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science. His research focuses on the science of consciousness, and he is the bestselling author of Being You: A New Science of Consciousness.
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