About this episode
In episode 335 astrologer Kent Bye joins Chris in the studio in Denver to talk about artificial intelligence and consciousness through the lens of astrology. Kent is the former host of the Voices of AI Podcast, and has conducted hundreds of interviews with different specialists in AI over the years. During the course of the episode we cover topics such as whether it will ever be possible to replicate human consciousness with artificial intelligence, what planetary alignments in the future might coincide with this if it was possible, and whether astrology itself could be used as a model for consciousness. This conversation was recorded the day after our previous episode on virtual reality and astrology, and was originally intended to be more of a casual discussion about artificial intelligence only available to patrons of the podcast, but the discussion went so well that I decided to release it as a full episode of The Astrology Podcast. For more about Kent check out the Voices of VR Podcast: Voicesofvr.com This episode is available in both audio and video versions below. Timestamps Here are some timestamps for topics covered at different points in the episode: 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:18 Chris gets a VR headset after last episode 00:11:30 Artificial intelligence 00:19:30 Kent's birth chart 00:23:40 The astrology of artificial intelligence 00:34:14 The Turing test 00:38:12 Alan Turing's natal chart 00:39:15 Litmus tests for AI 00:42:47 Human relationships with AI 00:48:30 Stoicism, fate, and free will 01:04:06 Synthesizing planetary placements and AI 01:24:18 Horary astrology 01:30:00 The challenge for astrology in the next decade 01:33:40 Is astrology a language? 01:44:50 Consciousness and AI 01:56:22 Dystopian scenarios with AI 02:17:46 Different qualities of divination systems 02:20:59 Electional charts of AI 02:23:54 Electional chart of the episode 02:28:16 Outer planet cycles in 2030-2050 02:34:05 Kent's podcasts 02:35:59 Concluding remarks and sponsors Watch the Video Version of This Episode Watch the video version of this episode on astrology and artificial intelligence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qM0ojuz4rA - Transcript A full transcript of this episode is available: Episode 335 transcript Listen to the Audio Version of This Episode You can play the audio version of this episode of the podcast directly from the website or download it as an MP3 to your device by using the buttons below: