# Exploring Machine Consciousness **Entity class:** Podcast and public-engagement project **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] ## Definition **Exploring Machine Consciousness** is PRISM's podcast on digital minds, AI consciousness, moral status, and the social consequences of perceived or possible artificial minds. It is also a provenance-bearing oral-history source for a field assembling across philosophy, cognitive science, neuroscience, law, and AI. ## Relationships - **Publisher:** [[wiki/PRISM (Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines)|PRISM]]. - **Documented guests and participants:** [[wiki/Susan Schneider|Susan Schneider]], [[wiki/Henry Shevlin|Henry Shevlin]], [[wiki/Jeff Sebo|Jeff Sebo]], [[wiki/Lenore Blum|Lenore Blum]], [[wiki/Lucius Caviola|Lucius Caviola]], [[wiki/Cameron Berg|Cameron Berg]], [[wiki/Keith Frankish|Keith Frankish]], [[wiki/Clara Colombatto|Clara Colombatto]], [[wiki/Eric Schwitzgebel|Eric Schwitzgebel]], [[wiki/Heather Alexander|Heather Alexander]], and [[wiki/Megan Peters|Megan Peters]]. - **Research neighborhood:** [[wiki/Artificial Consciousness|artificial consciousness]], [[wiki/AI Welfare|AI welfare]], [[wiki/Legal Personhood|legal personhood]], [[wiki/Metacognition|metacognition]], and [[wiki/Perceived AI Consciousness|perceived AI consciousness]]. - **Collection and source routes:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], and [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]]. ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > "We've developed a new mind, to live side by side with ours. If we handle it wisely, it can bring immense benefits, from the planetary to the personal." > **— Pamela McCorduck**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Machine Succession/A New Mind Could Bring Planetary Benefits by Pamela McCorduck|A New Mind Could Bring Planetary Benefits by Pamela McCorduck]] > "Could a machine feel torn like Aida, or even moved like the rest of us when we see her beg the gods to pity her suffering?" > **— Eldar Shafir**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Consciousness/Can Machines Feel Torn or Moved by Eldar Shafir|Can Machines Feel Torn or Moved by Eldar Shafir]] > "As recently as the 17th century, René Descartes proclaimed "cogito ergo sum," implying that thinking is a uniquely human faculty, as is consciousness." > **— Maria Popova**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Consciousness/Consciousness Was Once Claimed as Uniquely Human by Maria Popova|Consciousness Was Once Claimed as Uniquely Human by Maria Popova]] > "Machines that can bridge the empathy gap could also help us with self-control." > **— Molly Crockett**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Consciousness/Machines Could Bridge the Empathy Gap by Molly Crockett|Machines Could Bridge the Empathy Gap by Molly Crockett]] > "Understanding our feelings will better enable them to achieve goals that require collaboration with us." > **— Alexander Wissner-Gross**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Consciousness/Machines Must Understand Feelings to Collaborate by Alexander Wissner-Gross|Machines Must Understand Feelings to Collaborate by Alexander Wissner-Gross]] ## Sources - [PRISM — official site and podcast route](https://www.prism-global.com/)