Get Anil Seth on Dwarkesh Podcast

Right now Anil Seth is helping set the agenda on AI consciousness, with his Sussex Centre calling for papers on an AI consciousness and ethics workshop for AISB-2026 announced on January 9, 2026. His view that intelligence and consciousness are distinct, and that computation alone may be insufficient for consciousness, is the nuance the AI world needs today.

In 2025 he took this argument from DLD Munich to the TED AI Show and to NYU, grounding hot takes in testable neuroscience and predictive processing. He is a Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize winner, and was named a Humanists UK patron in November 2025, underscoring his public impact.

Dwarkesh’s audience shapes how Silicon Valley thinks about AI, and there is no public record of Seth having been on the Dwarkesh Podcast before, which makes this the right first appearance at a pivotal moment. If you want sharper debate and better decisions about the minds we build and the minds we have, back this now and help bring Anil Seth onto the show.

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