About this episode

Neil deGrasse Tyson and cohosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore profound questions about reality, consciousness, and existence.

Are we living inside a computer simulation? Is artificial intelligence truly conscious? And what happens to us when we die? Neil deGrasse Tyson and cohost’s Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly tackle more questions from inside the StarTalk team.

People in this episode

Host: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Guests: Chuck Nice, Gary O’Reilly

Topics covered

• computer simulation
• artificial intelligence
• consciousness
• life after death
• philosophy

Keywords

• simulation
• artificial intelligence
• consciousness
• death
• philosophy

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