WHAT IF? Web Summit Edition: What if technology evolves faster than consciousness?
AI & Consciousness · A WHAT IF? Dinner
What if technology evolves faster than consciousness?
During Web Summit week, we’re setting one table for up to 22 people in Lisbon. We’ll share dinner and wine and ask: Can intelligence exist without consciousness? What would convince us that a machine has an inner experience? And how might AI change what it means to be human?
Confirmed featured guests
Ricardo Schiappa — theoretical physicist at Técnico Lisboa.
Neil Theise — physician, senior Zen student, researcher and author of Notes on Complexity.
Bé Barata — Vedic meditation teacher.
Michael Schartner — neuroscientist at the International Brain Laboratory. He has studied human consciousness and uses recordings from across the brain to investigate how decisions are made.
Founders of unicorn startups will also join us at the table, along with a few surprise guests. We’re waiting to hear back from several more scientists.
We’ll start with a few opening thoughts, then open up the conversation to everyone at the table. Bring curiosity and a willingness to listen.
How to join · €88 per guest
We usually offer seats through the WHAT IF? membership platform. For this Web Summit edition, we’re opening a limited number of seats to the wider community here on Luma. The rest are available through our membership platform.
To join through Luma, apply here and answer three short questions. No separate application on our website is needed. Your seat is confirmed after approval and payment. Thursday, November 26 · 19:30–22:30 · Lisbon.
WHAT IF? is an independent intellectual salon founded in Lisbon. One table, one big question, and people from different worlds.
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