Jun 8, 2026 · 47 min · 13 segments
We had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. David Edmonds who co-hosts the most successful philosophy podcast of all time: Philosophy Bites. In this episode, Dr. Edmonds discusses the issues of free will…
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If we're dealing with conscious machines, well, if they're conscious, if they can feel pain in the way that we can feel pain, then they have a moral status.
And so the puzzle in moral philosophy is what the hell is the difference between these two cases? In 30 years' time or 50 years' time or 70 years' time, people will look back and think, how the hell did they think that that was acceptable?
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