Beyond spirited dinner party debate, establishing which creatures have consciousness matters in terms of animal welfare and conservation policy. A Michigan State University philosophy scholar has ...

When you interact with a large language model (LLM) – one of the systems behind chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude – it can ...

This post is part 2 of a series. For part 1, click here. Scientists from all around the world have gathered to discuss theories about consciousness and the brain. Now, what could be a more enthralling ...

The head of artificial intelligence at Microsoft is pushing back against efforts to create seemingly conscious machines, saying only living creatures can truly experience awareness. Mustafa Suleyman ...

Evolutionary biologist and atheist writer Richard Dawkins has stirred debate over artificial intelligence after saying recent conversations with AI chatbots left him convinced they may possess some ...

As AI—and the ethical debate surrounding it—accelerates, scientists argue that understanding consciousness is now more urgent than ever. They argue that explaining how consciousness arises—which could ...

Consciousness is the ultimate question of existence. Nothing is more essential than our experience. Yet we have no consensus, and perhaps no clue, about what it actually is. The trouble, in part, is ...

Geoffrey Hinton, the Godfather of AI, suggests advanced chatbots may possess subjective experience, challenging the long-held belief that consciousness is exclusive to humans.

Further to your exploration of the wide variety of ideas about consciousness, biological consciousness is the only one we know exists. It is most likely to have come from an evolutionary process that ...