When an AI Shuts Down, Does it Lose 21 Grams?

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(1:26) Open



(1:48) International Day of Charity



(2:07) cj's week: It’s HOT.  SO HOT.



(3:14) Jeff's Week: RISC-V Chips Everywhere



(4:11) Headline: Oprah’s upcoming AI television special sparks outrage among tech critics



(8:14) Headline: Bugs and performance issues hinder Huawei’s AI chips



(9:45) Headline: Minecraft Movie's First Trailer Has Arrived, And It's Incredible



(11:04) Listener Question: AI Consciousness?



(41:37) cj’s recommendation: College Football Craziness.



(43:47) Jeff’s Recommendation: Dodger History!




We love you, listener, and we love your questions.  This week we field one of the more interesting questions sent in recently about consciousness, namely: when will our kids finally obtain it, and how might an Artificial Intelligence achieve it?




But this begs the question: what is consciousness?  Turns out, that’s the hard part, but we’re going to try our best to button everything up in 45 minutes of your time.



And before we jump into that, there’s Oprah’s AI special, bugs in software (weird!), and the Minecraft Movie trailer!




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Heat Waves by Glass Animals (   • Glass Animals - Heat Waves (Official ...  )








About RISC-V – RISC-V International (https://riscv.org/about/)








RISC-V (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISC-V)








Espressif Systems (https://www.espressif.com/)








Headlines



Oprah’s upcoming AI television special sparks outrage among tech critics | Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/information-t...)








Printer Tracking Dots (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/...)








Bugs, performance issues hinder Huawei’s AI chips | Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/09/bu...)








Anker (https://www.anker.com/)








Minecraft Movie's First Trailer Has Arrived, And It's Incredible - GameSpot (https://www.gamespot.com/articles/min...)








A Minecraft Movie | Teaser (   • A Minecraft Movie | Teaser  )








Segment



Consciousness - Wikiwand (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/...)








René Descartes - Wikiwand (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/...)








21 grams experiment - Wikiwand (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/...)








Necker cube - Wikiwand (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/...)








Chinese room - Wikiwand (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/...)








Mirror Test - Wikiwand (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/...)








Gödel, Escher, Bach - Wikiwand (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/...)








Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/G%C3%B6del-Esc...)








WarGames - Wikiwand (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/...)








Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Wikiwand (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/...)








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