Andrew Smart

Andrew Smart

Biography:

Andrew Smart is the author of Autopilot: The Art and Science of Doing Nothing and Beyond Zero and One. A scientist and engineer interested in consciousness, brains and technology, his work traverses the boundaries of neuroscience, philosophy, culture, radical politics and metaphysics. He was raised in the U.S., educated and married in Sweden, lived in New York and Minneapolis and now lives in Switzerland.

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  • Robots & Psychedelic Research/ Lost Ten Tribes

    Can we build a robot that trips on acid? This is not a frivolous question, according to neuroscientist Andrew Smart. If we can’t, he argues, we haven’t really created artificial intelligence. In the first half, he joined Richard Syrett to discuss how he's weaved together the...More »

Last Night

Moon Missions / 'Conjuring' House Haunting
Moon Missions / 'Conjuring' House Haunting
Professor Jim Bell commemorated the upcoming 56th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing by discussing the current state of lunar exploration. Followed by Andrea Perron, whose family's experiences inspired the film The Conjuring.

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