A profound conversation about consciousness, artificial intelligence and animism in an age marked by climate crisis and technological breakthroughs. Anders Morgenthaler, Kristina Stoltz, Kasper Opstrup and Andrea Hejlskov debate together, moderated by A Mock Book.
The discussion explores the more-than-human perspective and poses key questions: What does consciousness mean when we speak of the "inner worlds" of whales, trees and fungi? Can artificial intelligence possess consciousness, or merely simulate it? How can animism—with its understanding of consciousness as relational and graduated—help us relearn our relationship with the world around us? The event challenges human exceptionalism and invites reconceptualising our connection with other forms of intelligence and life in an ever-changing world.
