There are 22 theories of consciousness: Michael Pollan explains why none of them work

What is consciousness? It's one of science's greatest unsolved questions, and one that Michael Pollan has spent years trying to answer it. Here, Pollan unpacks why the brain is not a computer, why AI cannot truly be conscious despite what Silicon Valley believes, and why our inner lives are under a very real threat from the algorithms built to exploit them.

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