The Ontology of Artificial Intelligence - with John Vervaeke and DC Schindler

This is a discussion that Ken Lowry kindly organized on his YouTube channel and podcast, Climbing Mt. Sophia. The panel includes me, John Vervaeke (@johnvervaeke) and DC Schindler. We talk about the ontology of artificial intelligence from different perspectives: the scientific, philosophical, and spiritual or theological perspectives. Follow the Climbing Mt. Sophia channel: @ John Vervaeke’s video essay that prompted this discussion: John Vervaeke - AI: The Coming Thresholds and The Path We Must Take | Internationally Acclaimed Cognitive Scientist: Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up next 00:22 - Intro music 00:47 - Introduction 02:29 - John: Weak AI and Strong AI 05:46 - Cognition and computation 07:00 - Hobbes and Descartes 09:04 - The scientific argument 12:01 - The philosophical argument: Rationality 13:21 - The spiritual argument 15:10 - Thresholds and orienting AI