I had the pleasure of speaking with Michael Graziano, a professor at @PrincetonNeuro and author of the Attention Schema Theory (AST) of consciousness. Key moments: - AI can be used as a social contagion tool and impact the mood and perception of billions of people. - The more you treat AI as human-like, the more it leaks into your interactions with other people. - AI can make predictions, but it doesn't yet have a self-model. - The Attention Schema Theory (AST) of consciousness is the only theory that can be engineered and implemented in AI systems. Some researchers are already working on it. Timestamps: Intro Consciousness to engineering AI self-model Dangers of attributed consciousness Healthy interactions with AI Experiments and studies Social contagion Future of AI Treatment of sentient AI Uploading humans to machines Attention schema and theories of consciousness Book discussion: existence Composing symphonies Writing books