Annaka Harris

Well, I do think consciousness is overrated in the sense that we think, you know, like a lot of things, we think we're special and we're the only ones that have it. And, you know, I do think human beings are special and obviously we do all kinds of things that no other living systems we know of can do. But I'm not sure that consciousness is. Mm-hmm.

And so I think consciousness still holds this very magical position in the universe because the experience, the felt experience, the sentience, I think is magical in and of itself. But I don't know that it's unique. I don't think it's unique to human beings. And I don't think we have any reason to think that it is responsible for all of the things that we value in ourselves.

And so I think consciousness still holds this very magical position in the universe because the experience, the felt experience, the sentience, I think is magical in and of itself. But I don't know that it's unique. I don't think it's unique to human beings. And I don't think we have any reason to think that it is responsible for all of the things that we value in ourselves.

And so I think consciousness still holds this very magical position in the universe because the experience, the felt experience, the sentience, I think is magical in and of itself. But I don't know that it's unique. I don't think it's unique to human beings. And I don't think we have any reason to think that it is responsible for all of the things that we value in ourselves.

And so I think much less simple systems have them. If we develop more complex systems, they will likely have it. But whether or not they do, I think the things we value in human beings, in our intelligence, in our

And so I think much less simple systems have them. If we develop more complex systems, they will likely have it. But whether or not they do, I think the things we value in human beings, in our intelligence, in our

And so I think much less simple systems have them. If we develop more complex systems, they will likely have it. But whether or not they do, I think the things we value in human beings, in our intelligence, in our

So thinking skills, creativity skills, ability to create new things and build new things that never existed and imagine new things and then generate them and make them real, all of that may not really have anything to do with consciousness any more than a p-tendril consciousness.

So thinking skills, creativity skills, ability to create new things and build new things that never existed and imagine new things and then generate them and make them real, all of that may not really have anything to do with consciousness any more than a p-tendril consciousness.

So thinking skills, creativity skills, ability to create new things and build new things that never existed and imagine new things and then generate them and make them real, all of that may not really have anything to do with consciousness any more than a p-tendril consciousness.

you know, needs consciousness to do all of the things in a much simpler way, but some, you know, more miraculous than you would have realized until you start studying plant behavior, that you don't, there's, we don't know any reason why you would need consciousness for either of those things.

you know, needs consciousness to do all of the things in a much simpler way, but some, you know, more miraculous than you would have realized until you start studying plant behavior, that you don't, there's, we don't know any reason why you would need consciousness for either of those things.

you know, needs consciousness to do all of the things in a much simpler way, but some, you know, more miraculous than you would have realized until you start studying plant behavior, that you don't, there's, we don't know any reason why you would need consciousness for either of those things.

So, I mean, I think AI is interesting and it will be a very interesting development either way, conscious or not. but I don't think it changes the status of consciousness.

So, I mean, I think AI is interesting and it will be a very interesting development either way, conscious or not. but I don't think it changes the status of consciousness.

So, I mean, I think AI is interesting and it will be a very interesting development either way, conscious or not. but I don't think it changes the status of consciousness.

I think that's probably unlikely. But I don't, I mean, that's a big question mark for me. I don't know. I can't imagine a way that it would. The type of science, you know, the last chapter of my docuseries is called The Future of Science. And I'm imagining a science that um, rethinks our ability to, um, experience other systems than the ones we experience.

I think that's probably unlikely. But I don't, I mean, that's a big question mark for me. I don't know. I can't imagine a way that it would. The type of science, you know, the last chapter of my docuseries is called The Future of Science. And I'm imagining a science that um, rethinks our ability to, um, experience other systems than the ones we experience.

I think that's probably unlikely. But I don't, I mean, that's a big question mark for me. I don't know. I can't imagine a way that it would. The type of science, you know, the last chapter of my docuseries is called The Future of Science. And I'm imagining a science that um, rethinks our ability to, um, experience other systems than the ones we experience.

Um, so, you know, we experienced light waves and sound waves and, and, but there are many, we don't experience the earth's magnetic field and many animals do. Um, there are lots of things that, that we actually have, um, have kind of have a headstart studying scientifically because we perceive them. And so we have, have developed these intuitions for them. Um,