Progress toward the development of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) has been accelerating in recent times. While much is contested about if and when AGI will be achieved, and even about what it is, its consequences for humanity, should AGI be realised, are profound. Among these consequences are deep questions about intelligence, consciousness, morality, and what it means to be human. In this session, Dr. Tony Carden shares his perspectives on some of the basic premises and history of AGI, progress toward it, and some of the foreseeable risks and benefits it is likely to bring. His address sets the scene for an interactive exploration with participants of the aforementioned philosophical implications of AGI.

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