Consciousness & Self Consciousness with Dr. Raphael Milliere

Behind the Stigma

In this week's episode, I speak to Dr. Raphael Milliere, a philosopher of cognitive science, on the differences between consciousness and self consciousness. Dr. Raphael starts off by defining these terms and their distinction, and his work on how consciousness can be present while experiencing the loss of self. We also talk about measuring consciousness, Google's advanced AI system known as LaMDA, as well as consciousness in virtual reality.

To learn more about his work visit https://raphaelmilliere.com/

Capitole

1. Consciousness & Self Consciousness with Dr. Raphael Milliere (00:00:00)

2. Introduction to Raphael (00:01:05)

3. How do consciousness and self-consciousness differ? (00:05:40)

4. What's self-consciousness? (00:13:48)

5. Self-consciousness in ego-dissolution (00:21:01)

6. Different forms of self-hood (00:27:19)

7. Measuring consciousness (00:34:17)

8. LaMDA and consciousness (00:37:56)

9. Would someone with complete memory loss lose self-consciouness? (00:52:45)

10. How we can think of consciousness through virtual reality (01:01:12)

11. Is consciousness beyond science? (01:13:22)