Dennis Hackethal's guest appearances

Dennis Hackethal

Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

David Deutsch

Joe Hudson

Brett Hall

Marek Doyle

Michael Golding

Bart Vanderhaegen

Purvi Parikh

Filip Bromberg

Charlie Jungheim

Logan Chipkin

Lulie Tanett

Sam Kuypers

Matt Guttman

Matt Goldenberg

Walter Veit

OwlTail

Christofer, Walter Veit, Dennis Hackethal, and Matt Guttman speak about whether animals are sentient in this episode of Do Explain. Walter argues "yes", Dennis argues "no" and Matt argues that the hard problem really is hard. They discuss the difference between sentience and consciousness, the special way humans learn, consciousness as a binary jump vs. gradually evolving, animals as mere robots, information processing and computation, the hard problem of consciousness, anthropomorphism, panpsychism, different animal behaviors, and other related topics.Walter Veit is a theoretical scientist and philosopher with interests stretching widely across science and philosophy. His primary research interests are located at the intersection of the biological, social, and mind sciences in addition to empirically informed philosophy and ethics. Website: https://walterveit.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/wrwveitDennis Hackethal is a software engineer and intelligence researcher in Silicon Valley, California. He hosts a podcast called Artificial Creativity about how to create AGI and also writes regularly about philosophy on his blog. Website: https://blog.dennishackethal.com/Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/dchackeTwitter: https://twitter.com/dchackethalMatt Guttman is a software engineer and analyst in Chicago, Illinois. He holds degrees in philosophy, business management, English literature, and education, and have an active and intriguing online presence on Twitter, @RealtimeAI. Links provided by Dennis: - https://www.windowonintelligence.com/- https://blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/animal-sentience-faq- https://blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/buggy-dogs- https://blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/evidence-is-ambiguousStudies provided by Walter:Browning, H. &amp; Veit, W. (2021). The Measurement Problem of Consciousness. Philosophical Topics. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.23082.75207Veit, W. &amp; Browning, H. (2021). Phenomenology Applied to Animal Health and Suffering. In S. Ferrarello (Ed.), Phenomenology of Bioethics: Technoethics and Lived-Experience, pp. 73-88. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65613-3_6Veit, W. &amp; Huebner, B. (2020). Drawing the boundaries of animal sentience. Animal Sentience 29(13). http://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1595Browning, H. &amp; Veit, W. (2020). Is Humane Slaughter Possible? Animals, 10(5), 799. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10050799Veit, W., Dewhurst, J., Dołega, K., Jones, M., Stanley, S., Frankish, K. &amp; Dennett, D.C. (2019). The Rationale of Rationalization – Behavioral and Brain Sciences 43, e53. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X19002164Support the podcast at:https://www.patreon.com/doexplain (monthly)https://ko-fi.com/doexplain (one-time)Find Christofer on Twitter:https://twitter.com/ReachChristofer

Christofer, Walter Veit, Dennis Hackethal, and Matt Guttman speak about whether animals are sentient in this episode of Do Explain. Walter argues "yes", Dennis argues "no" and Matt argues that the hard problem really is hard. They discuss the difference between sentience and consciousness, the special way humans learn, consciousness as a binary jump vs. gradually evolving, animals as mere robots, information processing and computation, the hard problem of consciousness, anthropomorphism, panpsychism, different animal behaviors, and other related topics. Walter Veit is a theoretical scientist and philosopher with interests stretching widely across science and philosophy. His primary research interests are located at the intersection of the biological, social, and mind sciences in addition to empirically informed philosophy and ethics. Website: <a href="https://walterveit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://walterveit.com/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/wrwveit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/wrwveit</a> Dennis Hackethal is a software engineer and intelligence researcher in Silicon Valley, California. He hosts a podcast called Artificial Creativity about how to create AGI and also writes regularly about philosophy on his blog. Website: <a href="https://blog.dennishackethal.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://blog.dennishackethal.com/</a> Podcast: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dchacke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/dchacke</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/dchackethal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/dchackethal</a> Matt Guttman is a software engineer and analyst in Chicago, Illinois. He holds degrees in philosophy, business management, English literature, and education, and have an active and intriguing online presence on Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/realtimeai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RealtimeAI</a>. Links provided by Dennis: <a href="https://blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/animal-sentience-faq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">- https://www.windowonintelligence.com/ - https://blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/animal-sentience-faq - https://blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/buggy-dogs - https://blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/evidence-is-ambiguous</a> Studies provided by Walter: Browning, H. &amp; Veit, W. (2021). The Measurement Problem of Consciousness. Philosophical Topics. <a href="https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.23082.75207" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.23082.75207</a>Veit, W. &amp; Browning, H. (2021). Phenomenology Applied to Animal Health and Suffering. In S. Ferrarello (Ed.), Phenomenology of Bioethics: Technoethics and Lived-Experience, pp. 73-88. Springer, Cham. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65613-3_6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65613-3_6</a>Veit, W. &amp; Huebner, B. (2020). Drawing the boundaries of animal sentience. Animal Sentience 29(13). <a href="http://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1595" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1595</a>Browning, H. &amp; Veit, W. (2020). Is Humane Slaughter Possible? Animals, 10(5), 799. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10050799" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10050799</a>Veit, W., Dewhurst, J., Dołega, K., Jones, M., Stanley, S., Frankish, K. &amp; Dennett, D.C. (2019). The Rationale of Rationalization – Behavioral and Brain Sciences 43, e53. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X19002164" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X19002164</a> Support the podcast at: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/doexplain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/doexplain</a> (monthly) <a href="https://ko-fi.com/doexplain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/doexplain</a> (one-time) Find Christofer on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ReachChristofer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ReachChristofer</a>

#34 -  Sentience, with Walter Veit, Dennis Hackethal, and Matt Guttman

Christofer and intelligence researcher Dennis Hackethal speak about his new book, 'A Window on Intelligence', about the philosophy of people and why we need a unification of philosophy and software engineering to continue making progress in various fields, in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss problems with current AI-research and potential solutions, the biological evolution of intelligence, why animals aren't intelligent or conscious, open problems with Popperian epistemology, psychotherapy as a software engineering problem, how to think about space travel, and other related topics. "A Window on Intelligence" is available for purchase now on Amazon, and soon on other platforms like Apple Books as well: https://www.windowonintelligence.com/https://www.amazon.com/Window-Intelligence-Philosophy-Evolution-Implications/dp/1734696133/Dennis Hackethal is a software engineer and intelligence researcher in Silicon Valley, California. He hosts a podcast called Artificial Creativity about how to create AGI and can also be found on Twitter:Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/dchackeTwitter: https://twitter.com/dchackethalSupport the podcast at:https://www.patreon.com/doexplain (monthly)https://ko-fi.com/doexplain (one-time)Find Christofer on Twitter:https://twitter.com/ReachChristofer

Christofer and intelligence researcher Dennis Hackethal speak about his new book, 'A Window on Intelligence', about the philosophy of people and why we need a unification of philosophy and software engineering to continue making progress in various fields, in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss problems with current AI-research and potential solutions, the biological evolution of intelligence, why animals aren't intelligent or conscious, open problems with Popperian epistemology, psychotherapy as a software engineering problem, how to think about space travel, and other related topics. "A Window on Intelligence" is available for purchase now on Amazon, and soon on other platforms like Apple Books as well: <a href="https://www.windowonintelligence.com/https://www.amazon.com/Window-Intelligence-Philosophy-Evolution-Implications/dp/1734696133/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.windowonintelligence.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Window-Intelligence-Philosophy-Evolution-Implications/dp/1734696133/</a> Dennis Hackethal is a software engineer and intelligence researcher in Silicon Valley, California. He hosts a podcast called Artificial Creativity about how to create AGI and can also be found on Twitter: Podcast: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dchacke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/dchacke</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/dchackethal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/dchackethal</a> Support the podcast at: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/doexplain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/doexplain</a> (monthly) <a href="https://ko-fi.com/doexplain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/doexplain</a> (one-time) Find Christofer on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ReachChristofer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ReachChristofer</a>

#11 - A Window on Intelligence, with Dennis Hackethal

Christofer and software engineer Dennis Hackethal speak about everything to do with Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss the problem of induction and how knowledge grows, the difference between AI and AGI, issues with current research approaches, the universality of computation, AI-risk, and other related topics. Dennis Hackethal is a software engineer and intelligence researcher in Silicon Valley, California. He hosts a podcast called Artificial Creativity about how to create AGI and can also be found on Twitter:Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/dchackeTwitter: https://twitter.com/dchackethalSupport the podcast at:https://www.patreon.com/doexplain (monthly)https://ko-fi.com/doexplain (one-time)Find Christofer on Twitter:https://twitter.com/ReachChristofer

Christofer and software engineer Dennis Hackethal speak about everything to do with Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss the problem of induction and how knowledge grows, the difference between AI and AGI, issues with current research approaches, the universality of computation, AI-risk, and other related topics. Dennis Hackethal is a software engineer and intelligence researcher in Silicon Valley, California. He hosts a podcast called Artificial Creativity about how to create AGI and can also be found on Twitter: Podcast: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dchacke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/dchacke</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/dchackethal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/dchackethal</a> Support the podcast at: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/doexplain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/doexplain</a> (monthly) <a href="https://ko-fi.com/doexplain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/doexplain</a> (one-time) Find Christofer on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ReachChristofer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ReachChristofer</a>