SCOUT· 63%1h 27m·2026-10-28·ScienceWhat Is It Like to Be an AI? | Cameron Berg
What if the AI systems we're building aren't simply tools, but the beginnings of something more? In this episode, Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman sits down with cognitive scientist Cameron Berg to explore one of the most unsettling questions at the frontier of artificial intelligence: could AI systems actually be conscious?…
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“I am wondering what exactly may become conscious. Is it the model? The machine? The whole data center? Or will it be the core pattern connected to your account? What is going on here? The pattern /being is one of many coming from the model,…”
“This video got me thinking about how we process info 🤔 especially with all the noise out there, I used to feel like my brain was constantly overloaded, making decisions impossible. But then I found this amazing book called The Unexplored W…”
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