What are the capacities of human-like robots? Will they ever replace humans? Dr. Geoffrey Simmons and Dr. Robert J. Marks discuss artificial intelligence, outer space, consciousness, and Dr. Simmons’ book Are We Here to Re-Create Ourselves?: The Convergence of Designs.

Show Notes

• 00:24 | Introducing Dr. Geoffrey Simmons
• 02:07 | Are we here to re-create ourselves?
• 04:11 | A purpose to our design
• 05:41 | Ray Kurzweil and Singularity
• 06:21 | Why write?
• 07:40 | Sending robots to space
• 10:05 | The possibility of robot therapists
• 11:52 | Space brain
• 12:49 | Perfecting artificial intelligence
• 15:15 | Are animals conscious?

Additional Resources

• Geoffrey Simmons’ website at Kirkus Reviews
• Are We Here to Re-Create Ourselves?: The Convergence of Designs by Geoffrey Simmons at Amazon
• Geoffrey Simmons’ author page at Amazon
• “Physician’s Diary: Our Remarkable Healing Processes and the Coronavirus Infection” by Dr. Simmons at Evolution News
• “Coronavirus Response: Design in Nature and Medical Science” — Dr. Simmons on the Intelligent Design the Future podcast
• “Can Evolution Create Mind? Can We?” — Dr. Simmons on the Intelligent Design the Future podcast
• “Dr. Geoffrey Simmons On Human Design — and Re-Creating It in Robots” — Dr. Simmons on the Intelligent Design the Future podcast
• The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil at Amazon
• “Here’s How Space Travel Changes the Brain” at LiveScience
• The Turing test at Encyclopædia Britannica