Consciousness, the Soul and AI?🤔💭🤖👼

When I went to bed at around midnight last night, I noticed two new podcast episodes in my 'Up Next' que on my iPad, both to do with the dangers of AI.

I listened to the 'This Jungian Life' one before going to sleep and then the 'Neon Galactic' one when I woke up this morning.

ALIEN GODDESS

I hadn't heard of Dr. Joanna Kujawa before hearing this podcast, even though she says she is living in my hometown of Brisbane.

Will science ever explain the self?

Then this afternoon the latest 'God Forbid' podcast episode dropped and I had a listen to it.

Which was good timing, as I had just read this passage below in the current book that I'm now reading, written by the late Brisbane author David Malouf, where the characters in the book are speculating about the soul and consciousness:-)

The Conversations at Curlow Creek

Trent Dalton and David Malouf —
Brisbane's favourite sons

Intuition, Synchronicity, and the Power of Storytelling?🎤📕📖💓

My next book will be Peter Carey's book 'True History of the Kelly Gang', but I won't be drinking rum while reading it, I'll be drinking 'Ned's' whisky instead;-)

Vale David Malouf

But I'll try and stay conscious while reading it:-)

Peter Carey on not
writing fiction anymore

How to Celebrate Peter Carey and National Rum Day 2026? 🥃☠

UPDATE: August 30th, 2026

I listened to this 'The Coherence Code Podcast' episode recently and while it is not about AI, it is about consciousness, so I thought I'd tag it on to the end of this post.