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Experience TED
Anil’s 2017 main-stage TED talk now has over 15 million views and is one of TED’s most popular science talks. View his 2026 main-stage talk here.
How your brain predicts reality
How to be a Better Human, with Chris Duffy, 2025
Could AI really achieve consciousness?
The TED AI Show, with Bilawal Sidhu, 2024
What makes you, you? A conversation with Yara Shahidi
TED Intersections, 2024
How your brain invents your ‘self’
TED talk, 2021
Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality
Main-stage TED talk, 2017
Consciousness at TED
The TED interview with Chris Anderson (live at the TED Summit), 2019
How does your brain construct your conscious reality?
TED Radio Hour, NPR, 2018
Interactive teaching with TED-Ed
TED-Ed, 2018