The worlds most cited neuroscientist Karl Friston and colleagues David Rudrauf and Ken Wiliford explain their new theory of consciousness and its links to AI and VR. According to Wired magazine Friston is "the genius neuroscientist who may hold the keys to true AI" and in this film we will explain how the model may do that and much more. Topics discussed are: 00: Introduction 00:43 Beginnings 2:50What is consciousness? 3:48How can science tackle the subjective? 5:03 Answering critics of a scientific approach to consciousness 5:30 What is the free energy principle ? 7:58 What is active inference? 9:46 What is projective geometry ? 11:34 The PCM explained 14:40 Contrast with Tenoni's IIT 17:31 Consciousness in animals and AI 25:18 Virtual Reality 27:55 The Hard Problem of Consciousness 29:33 Experimental Testing 38:46 Autism, Clinical Implications and Pyschopathologies 41:28 The future of the model