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Jay Novella

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

How could he fall for that?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Explain that to everyone.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

It seems like to think that there's been computer consciousness achieved in such a short amount of time without them actually trying to create a consciousness seems โ€“

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

unbelievably unlikely to me yeah you know like you would think you know i don't know it might be science fiction that is uh affecting my perception here but i just think it would be like okay we've got to set out to do this and we need an incredible amount of money and we need to be left alone and not you know no government is going to be directing our efforts and we're going to try to create a conscious machine and then it's a combination of software and hardware and

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I just don't see it happening with people coding something like an LLM on its own without them trying to do it in a short amount of time, relatively short.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I mean, I know evolution is really slow, but it did take millions of years for the brain to get to where it is.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

All right, so we got some guesses here.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

A listener named Matthew Morrison wrote in and said, Hi, Jay.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I think this week's noisy is a bear cub.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

My daughter, Nev, thinks it's a broken vacuum cleaner or a bear cub.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Those are good guesses, guys.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Very strong, but you were both incorrect.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

So let's keep going and see if we can find a winner over here.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Ted Judah wrote in.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Hi, Jay and SGU crew.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I believe this week's noisy is a tauntaun freezing before it reaches the first marker.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Now, Evan, you have some expertise on this subject, don't you?