What distinguishes our consciousness from AI & machine learning? Highlights: LIAD MUDRIK - Neuroscientist, Tel Aviv University

"I don't think that there is any experience experiment that could tell you if there is a soul that is nonphysical. I think that at the end of the day, this is for a philosophical and metaphysical discussion that could be determined by arguments and not experiments. I am a physicalist. So I think that our mind is magnificent, amazing, and physical. And I agree with you, we can change by changing the way we think. We can influence our body. Let's just think about the placebo. It's probably one of the most robust phenomena we know in medicine, right? They give you a fake pill, and you start to feel better. Why? Because of the way we perceive ourselves. That doesn't mean that we can counteract every disease by thinking positively, but there is a very strong bond between mind and body and brain. And I would argue that everything in that bond happens within the physical domain."