15 Best Anil Seth Podcast Appearances and Guest Interviews

1. Anil Seth on TED Talks Daily

Play May 01, 2026 17:06
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Episode Title Why AI isn't going to become conscious | Anil Seth
About Episode We see consciousness in AI the same way we see faces in clouds, says neuroscientist Anil Seth. He explores the all-too-human tendency to project inner life onto machines that are brilliant mimics, not sentient beings, and gives a definitive answer to the urgent question: Will AI ever gain consciousness? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. MORE Producer/Network TED Audio Collective
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2. Anil Seth on Within Reason

Play Apr 20, 2026 1:41:50
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Episode Title #152 Why AI Will Never Be Conscious
About Episode Get Huel today with this exclusive offer for New Customers of 15% OFF with code alexoconnor at https://huel.com/alexoconnor (Minimum $50 purchase).For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack.Anil Seth is a British neuroscientist and professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex...MORE Host Alex J. OConnor
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3. Anil Seth on Ri Science Podcast

Play Mar 25, 2026 39:58
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Episode Title The science of consciousness: Could a conscious AI exist? - with Anil Seth
About Episode The science of consciousness is a complex and constantly evolving field of research. Neuroscientists are still understanding how it originates in humans, but the question now arises of whether Artificial Intelligence could ever become conscious. Cognitive and computational neuroscientist Anil Seth discusses the current theories for consciousness, and the probability of AI ever becoming conscious, in his essay 'the mythology of conscious AI' which won him the 2025 Berggruen Prize Essay Competit..MORE Producer/Network Ri Science Podcast
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4. Anil Seth on The Conversation Cabinet

Play Feb 07, 2026 52:09
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Episode Title Understanding Consciousness: A conversation with Professor Anil Seth
About Episode What does it mean to be "you"? In this episode, we are joined by Anil Seth, professor of cognitive and computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex and author of the best-selling book “Being You”. As one of the world’s leading researchers into the biological basis of consciousness, we had the privilege to sit down and discuss such pressing topics with him. We dive deep into the philosophical and scientific crossroads where the mind meets the machine...MORE Producer/Network Josh and Ethan
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5. Anil Seth on Futurology

Play Dec 09, 2025 1:05:43
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Episode Title The Dangers of Seeing Ourselves in Artificial Intelligence (with Anil Seth..
About Episode Humans are built for pattern recognition. It is the engine behind perception, emotion, and the fragile sense of self that feels so solid from the inside. For Anil Seth, this pattern-making power explains why consciousness is not a light inside but a process the brain assembles from guesses about the world. And it matters that each of us perceives that world differently...MORE Producer/Network Berggruen Institute
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6. Anil Seth on Nur eine Frage

Play Sep 16, 2025 1:09:38
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Episode Title KI-Übersetzung: Gibt es mich wirklich, Anil Seth?
About Episode Im neuen ZEIT-Podcast Nur eine Frage stellen wir einfache, aber grundlegende Fragen, die viele von uns umtreiben, auf die eine klare Antwort oft schwer zu finden ist. Wir befragen die bestmögliche Expertin, den bestmöglichen Experten, den wir für das jeweilige Thema finden können – so lange, bis wir eine definitive Antwort bekommen.   Diese Version des Podcasts ist nicht das englische Original – sondern eine mit einer KI-Software weitgehend automatisiert übersetzte Variante...MORE Producer/Network DIE ZEIT
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7. Anil Seth on Creative Intelligence

Play Sep 02, 2025 49:21
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Episode Title Can AI be Conscious? Anil Seth on Sentient Machines
About Episode In this thought-provoking episode, host Kartik Hosanagar, faculty co-director of Wharton Human-AI Research, sits down with Anil Seth — neuroscientist, TED speaker, and author of 'Being You' — to explore one of the most fascinating and complex questions of our time: Can machines ever be conscious? Together, they unpack what consciousness really means, why it has puzzled philosophers and scientists for centuries, and how it relates (or doesn’t) to today’s AI systems...MORE Producer/Network Kartik Hosanagar
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8. Anil Seth on Giant Leap with Taylor Wilson

Play Jun 18, 2025 54:03
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Episode Title Is A.I. Conscious? | Neuroscientist Anil Seth
About Episode What is consciousness...and, is it changing? On this episode of Giant Leap Taylor Wilson and Joey Lovato talk about the future of the brain with world-renowned neuroscientist Anil Seth. Together they explore some of the mysteries around the brain, the science of awareness, and the complicated ethical and technical discussions unfolding at the place where artificial intelligence meets human consciousness...MORE Producer/Network Giant Leap
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9. Anil Seth on Leafing Through Science

Play Jun 11, 2025 1:05:36
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Episode Title 4. Consciousness: From Zombies to Beast Machines
About Episode Why is there something it’s like to be you – and could AI ever be truly conscious? In Episode 4 of Leafing Through Science, neuroscientist and bestselling author Anil Seth joins Hedi to explore the mystery at the heart of his acclaimed book Being You: A New Science of Consciousness. From philosophical zombies and the purpose of dreaming, to measuring consciousness like temperature and why brains aren’t computers, Seth unpacks the idea that our experience of reality – and of ourselves – is a ki..MORE Producer/Network Champalimaud Foundation
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10. Anil Seth on Principle of Charity

Play Dec 16, 2024 39:51
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Episode Title Does Consciousness Survive Death? Pt. 2 On the Couch
About Episode This week leading neuroscientist Anil Seth, and spiritual leader and scholar Swami Sarvapriyananda, join host Lloyd Vogelman on the couch for an unfiltered conversation that digs into the personal side of the Principle of Charity. Can the inevitability of human suffering help us understand the existence of the ‘self’? BIOS Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, where he is also Director of the Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science...MORE Hosts Emile Sherman, Lloyd Vogelman
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11. Anil Seth on Science in Society: The Simonyi Lectures

Play Nov 07, 2024
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Episode Title Consciousness in Humans and in Other Things
About Episode How do conscious experiences arise from brains and bodies? What is the ‘self’? Anil Seth sheds light on these questions through the idea of the brain as an embodied ‘prediction machine’. The Charles Simonyi Lecture 2024. Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience and Director of the Centre for Consciousness Science at the University of Sussex.MORE Producer/Network Oxford University
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12. Anil Seth on Thinking Clearly

Play Jun 25, 2024 59:20
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Episode Title #95-Critical Thinking and the Nature of Human Consciousness-with guest Anil Seth
About Episode Research and current theories about the nature of human consciousness are explored with guest Anil Seth, Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex. Topics include: how human consciousness can be thought of as controlled hallucination, the relationship of human consciousness to critical thinking, how thinking of the brain as a "prediction machine" affects how we form beliefs, and a number of other topics from Professor Seth’s international best selling bo..MORE Host Bob Froehlich
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