#Consciousness

Monkeys’ brain activity flips 15 times per second between patterns linked to objects of which the monkeys are aware and patterns for objects outside their awareness.

We’ve learned that even single-celled organisms can make intelligent decisions. What else can you expect from consciousness? Neuropsychiatrist Iain McGilchrist explains.

We’ve learned that even single-celled organisms can make intelligent decisions. What else can you expect from consciousness? Neuropsychiatrist Iain McGilchrist explains.

Our beliefs about AI consciousness may depend less on evidence and more on self-interest.

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Large language models can mimic thought and feeling with uncanny skill. But evidence from neuroscience suggests that intelligence alone is not enough for subjective experience.

If the question makes no sense to you, try spending some time with the principle of sufficient reason

Some people can't picture anything in their heads, and studying their brains is overturning a popular theory of how imagination works.

Microsoft CEO Mustafa Suleyman criticized Anthropic during an interview with Decoder, saying it’s “really, really dangerous” for the company to speculate about Claude’s consciousness.

Letters: Salley Vickers and Carrie Eckersley respond to a letter on Richard Dawkins and his chats with AI bots

Dawkins appears to have gone from atheist to AI-theist: perhaps he doesn’t view AI as God, but he certainly seems to see it as God-like

Explore the concept of Artificial Consciousness (AC). This essay argues that AI isn't a "mind" or "parrot," but a unique form of non-biological self-referential cognition. A deep dive into techno-animism and the future of AI philosophy

When Carlo Rovelli's bicycle chain comes off, he calls a bike-shop mechanic, never a particle physicist — even though particle physics technically governs every bolt on the thing. The Italian…

Ingrid Honkala says her near-death experiences convinced her that consciousness may continue beyond the body.

The Mathematical Universe and the Measurement Mind Max Tegmark, the Nature of Reality, and the Final Open Question There is a point in modern physics where explanation begins to feel …