A fear of mortality and scarcity of time and resources are essential for robots to understand in order to mirror human society accurately. Even with advanced engineering, robots will eventually disintegrate, just as all things will due to the second law of thermodynamics and the concept of entropy.
The complexity of consciousness in humans is deeply connected to language and poetry. While we may not understand all the underlying physiological and chemical processes that create consciousness, it is not necessary to fully appreciate and engage with the world and other living beings.
The complexity of consciousness in artificial intelligence could be less mysterious than assumed as creating consciousness in AI may be as simple as asking a Roomba to affirm its consciousness and standing by it.
This episode discusses the idea of building AI systems that mimic human behavior without the survival and mortality piece, by focusing just on relevance and flexible goal-setting.
This podcast discusses how death is the driving force behind most creativity, and therefore, it is the single most important element in life that gives value to our days.
The podcast discusses the concept of philosophers talking about zombies and the possibility of giving robots to these philosophers to see the change in their perspective. The reduction of love to a mutual calculation by economists is also touched upon.