Brian Cox

based on silicon, let's say, or a quantum computer or whatever it is, and this intelligence here. So I know that many researchers in this area do say that it's not a brain. They call it a brain in a jar, don't they? And say, well, that's not right. It needs to be connected to all this. This is part of our intelligence. And that's surely true as well. Sure. So it's a very good question.

based on silicon, let's say, or a quantum computer or whatever it is, and this intelligence here. So I know that many researchers in this area do say that it's not a brain. They call it a brain in a jar, don't they? And say, well, that's not right. It needs to be connected to all this. This is part of our intelligence. And that's surely true as well. Sure. So it's a very good question.

based on silicon, let's say, or a quantum computer or whatever it is, and this intelligence here. So I know that many researchers in this area do say that it's not a brain. They call it a brain in a jar, don't they? And say, well, that's not right. It needs to be connected to all this. This is part of our intelligence. And that's surely true as well. Sure. So it's a very good question.

But I suppose if you say it's not obvious to me that a different kind of intelligence in a different structure running on a computer or whatever it is, would necessarily have different motivations to us.

But I suppose if you say it's not obvious to me that a different kind of intelligence in a different structure running on a computer or whatever it is, would necessarily have different motivations to us.

But I suppose if you say it's not obvious to me that a different kind of intelligence in a different structure running on a computer or whatever it is, would necessarily have different motivations to us.

I mean, you could equally well argue that these motivations to survive and curiosity, those ideas, the desire to explore, you could argue those are fundamental properties of intelligence and not of biology.

I mean, you could equally well argue that these motivations to survive and curiosity, those ideas, the desire to explore, you could argue those are fundamental properties of intelligence and not of biology.

I mean, you could equally well argue that these motivations to survive and curiosity, those ideas, the desire to explore, you could argue those are fundamental properties of intelligence and not of biology.

It's a wonderful argument, isn't it, that our humanity... Because part of the thing that you described, this desire to create things and build things and explore and expand, is almost the definition of being human, isn't it? Yes. And so the idea that if you remove all threat and you essentially become immortal... Yes. then you're almost saying, what's the point? It's my T-shirt. It's existence.

It's a wonderful argument, isn't it, that our humanity... Because part of the thing that you described, this desire to create things and build things and explore and expand, is almost the definition of being human, isn't it? Yes. And so the idea that if you remove all threat and you essentially become immortal... Yes. then you're almost saying, what's the point? It's my T-shirt. It's existence.

It's a wonderful argument, isn't it, that our humanity... Because part of the thing that you described, this desire to create things and build things and explore and expand, is almost the definition of being human, isn't it? Yes. And so the idea that if you remove all threat and you essentially become immortal... Yes. then you're almost saying, what's the point? It's my T-shirt. It's existence.

What does it matter, right? By the way, this T-shirt, I've got to say, was designed by a friend of mine, Peter Saville, who's a great designer who designed the Joy Division Unknown Pleasures album cover, amongst other things. Oh, wow. That's cool. That's a great shirt. It's a Joy Division.

What does it matter, right? By the way, this T-shirt, I've got to say, was designed by a friend of mine, Peter Saville, who's a great designer who designed the Joy Division Unknown Pleasures album cover, amongst other things. Oh, wow. That's cool. That's a great shirt. It's a Joy Division.

What does it matter, right? By the way, this T-shirt, I've got to say, was designed by a friend of mine, Peter Saville, who's a great designer who designed the Joy Division Unknown Pleasures album cover, amongst other things. Oh, wow. That's cool. That's a great shirt. It's a Joy Division.

It probably is, but I'm not going to do that because it's vulgar, isn't it? No, no, no.

It probably is, but I'm not going to do that because it's vulgar, isn't it? No, no, no.

It probably is, but I'm not going to do that because it's vulgar, isn't it? No, no, no.

That's why I asked. He made it for, we did these gigs, I talk about them later, called Symphonic Horizons, which were the, shows with cosmology, but also symphony orchestra. And he was exploring these issues, actually. But most of the music was Strauss's Zarathustra, which is based on Nietzsche's book. So it's kind of exploring these questions, actually, of what's the point of existence.

That's why I asked. He made it for, we did these gigs, I talk about them later, called Symphonic Horizons, which were the, shows with cosmology, but also symphony orchestra. And he was exploring these issues, actually. But most of the music was Strauss's Zarathustra, which is based on Nietzsche's book. So it's kind of exploring these questions, actually, of what's the point of existence.