The psychoanalysis of AI | Isabel Millar | Full interview

The Institute of Art and Ideas June 5, 2025
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Isabel Millar delves into her work on the psychoanalysis of artificial intelligence. Does AI feel pleasure? Watch Isabel debate topics from the morality of sex to the dangers of self-reflection: https://iai.tv/home/speakers-and-authors/isabel-millar?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=the-psychology-of-ai-isabel-millar Questions over artificial intelligence seem to dominate our contemporary. But underpinning the technology are an array of presuppositions - about thinking, knowledge and consciousness - that are in dire need of philosophical scrutiny. In this fascinating interview, Dr Isabel Millar discusses her work in challenging these assumptions by deploying the tools of psychoanalysis to the study of AI. #psychoanalysis #ai #artificialintelligence #lacan Dr Isabel Millar is a groundbreaking philosopher and psychoanalytic theorist, currently working at Newcastle University and the Global Centre for Advanced Study. 00:00 Introduction 00:24 What drew you to psychoanalysis? 02:19 The relationship between AI and psychoanalysis 04:02 How should we understand intelligence? 05:22 Do you think we can establish one homogeneous idea of what intelligence is? 06:42 If we can’t define intelligence 07:50 'Jouissance’ and AI 10:04 What are your thoughts on ChatGPT? 12:39 How effective is film in exploring philosophical matters? 14:27 What’s the next area you’re looking at? 16:35 Are the frameworks of psychoanalysis evolving alongside modern technologies? This interview took place at HowTheLightGetsIn Festival, Hay-on-Wye, in May 2023. The Institute of Art and Ideas features videos and articles from cutting edge thinkers discussing the ideas that are shaping the world, from metaphysics to string theory, technology to democracy, aesthetics to genetics. Subscribe today! https://iai.tv/subscribe?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=the-psychology-of-ai-isabel-millar For debates and talks: https://iai.tv For articles: https://iai.tv/articles For courses: https://iai.tv/iai-academy/courses

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