Exploring Machine Consciousness
Booking Overview
Metrics
Episodes: 18
Frequency: Monthly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: < 100
Listener location: USA
Contact Information
Publicly listed emails
info@prism-global.com
will@prism-global.com
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Host
Henry Shevlin - Co-host focused on the philosophical, scientific, and ethical questions surrounding machine consciousness.
Calum Chace - Co-host focused on artificial intelligence and its broader philosophical, societal, and ethical implications.
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Recent Guest Discussions
Heather Alexander - AI Rights, Legal Personhood, Citizenship, Legal Identity, AI Safety, And The Legal Status Of Nonhuman Speech.
Eric Schwitzgebel - Philosophical Uncertainty About Consciousness, Conscious AI, Moral Status, Responsibility, Exotic Minds, And The Ethics Of Creating Potentially Sentient Systems.
Megan Peters - Metacognition, Neuroscience, Subjective Experience, Tests For AI Consciousness, Limitations Of Current AI Systems, And The Ethical Risks Of False Positives And False Negatives.
Recent Topics
Episodes
18. Peter Salib: Could Granting AI Legal Personhood Make Us Safer?
October 19, 2026
Peter Salib is the W. Ronald Robins Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center and founder and executive co-director of the Center for Law & AI Risk. His research investigates how legal systems might reduce the risks posed by highly capable AI systems, including through the rights and obligations we assign to them.SummaryDiscussions about whether AI should have rights tend to begin with consciousness, sentience or moral status. But legal rights need not depend on any of thes...
17. Soenke Ziesche: Does Moral Concern Require AI to be Conscious?
October 08, 2026
Soenke is the author of Digital Minds 1.0: AI Welfare, Ethics, and Beyond and co-author of Considerations on the AI Endgame: Ethics, Risks and Computational Frameworks. He has worked with the United Nations since 2000 and is a member of UNESCO’s AI Ethics Experts Without Borders network. His research examines what recognising digital minds as beings of moral concern would mean in practice, including what a digital mind may be and what rights we might owe them.SummaryWhile most discussion of d...
16. Heather Alexander: AI Rights and Legal Personhood
July 22, 2026
Heather is a lawyer and scholar of nationality, citizenship and statelessness. She began her career as an asylum lawyer with the UN Refugee Agency and spent fifteen years working on statelessness around the world. Her book on the nationality rights and legal identity of nomadic peoples was published by Oxford last year.Heather brings that background to the emerging debate over the legal status of the AI systems and has co-founded the Lab for the Future of Citizenship with philosopher of mind...
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Frequently asked questions
How do I get in touch with Exploring Machine Consciousness?
Exploring Machine Consciousness is hosted by Henry Shevlin and Calum Chace. Its publicly listed emails are info@prism-global.com and will@prism-global.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
What is the email for Exploring Machine Consciousness?
The publicly listed emails for Exploring Machine Consciousness: info@prism-global.com and will@prism-global.com.
How many listeners does Exploring Machine Consciousness have?
Podseeker estimates Exploring Machine Consciousness reaches fewer than 100 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
Who is an ideal guest for Exploring Machine Consciousness?
Exploring Machine Consciousness typically books well-known public figures. Typical guest background: University researchers, philosophers, neuroscientists, legal scholars, and leaders of research organizations with specialized expertise in consciousness, artificial intelligence, AI ethics, or legal personhood. Common among recent guests: University research and teaching appointments; Books or major research reports; Leadership roles in consciousness, neuroscience, or AI research organizations. Recent guests include Heather Alexander, Eric Schwitzgebel, and Megan Peters.
How hard is it to get booked on Exploring Machine Consciousness?
High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.
What topics does Exploring Machine Consciousness cover?
Recent episodes cover Machine Consciousness, Consciousness, Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Neuroscience. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.
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