Richard Dawkins on A.I. Consciousness

Richard Dawkins is one of the world’s most influential intellectuals.

An icon of science, reason and atheism, he shook the field of biology half a century ago with his groundbreaking book The Selfish Gene. The Royal Institution shortlisted it as one of the best science books of all time.

Dawkins has too many honorary doctorates and awards to list. In 2021, the American Humanist Association withdrew its highest honour - which they’d awarded him a quarter-century earlier - because of his scientific approach to biological sex and transgenderism. In 2004, he was voted #1 in Prospect magazine's list of the top 100 public British intellectuals.

He invented the word “meme” to describe the cultural equivalent of a gene, and founded the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science.

At the age of 85, Dawkins has a new book, 42 Tales From Life, featuring essays exploring animal behavior and evolution. He was kind enough to visit the Uncomfortable Conversations studio on a tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Tickets to see Richard live are available here https://thinkable.events/tours/an-evening-with-richard-dawkins