A.I.: What Does It Mean to Be Human? | Joshua Swamidass (WUSTL) & Clark Wolf (Iowa State)

What does it really mean to be human - does it involve embodiment, rationality, or something deeper? Joshua Swamidass (WUSTL) and Clark Wolf (Iowa State) discuss how artificial intelligence challenges our deeply held conceptions about humanness. | Iowa State University, 3/6/2023 | Explore more at https://www.veritas.org.

Speakers:
Joshua Swamidass - Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology and Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis
Clark Wolf - Director of Bioethics; Professor, Department of Philosophy at Iowa State University

Moderator:
Alex Tuckness - Chair, Professor, & Whitaker-Lindgren Faculty Fellow in Political Science at Iowa State University

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:55 Opening Presentation - Josh Swamidass
00:29:06 Opening Statements - Clark Wolf
00:38:37 Q&R: Why do humans feel the need to create A.I.?
00:48:15 Q&R: Does all technological progress lead to human flourishing?
00:54:04 Q&R: How does technology amplify our human nature?
01:02:49 Q&R: Should we accelerate A.I. to its fullest potential?
01:05:52 Q&R: What's the difference between humans and computers?
01:20:23 Q&R: How are we able to label something conscious as a "person"?