One of the most resonant questions in the debate over artificial intelligence and consciousness comes from philosopher David ...

This kind of consciousness transformed human primates into persons. Persons are explicitly self-conscious, and humans show much more of this capacity than other animals. Interestingly, artificial ...

There are at least some markers of joy that appear to be quite widespread across animals. One is vocalizations that resemble ...

The debate surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) achieving consciousness and sentience is a complex and ongoing one.

Anthropic recently did landmark research for a pipeline on AI consciousness, unwittingly, since the focus was safety. The company was exploring if a model might “play along” in some situations. The ...

Polygon and Sentient co-founder Sandeep Nailwal tells Cointelegraph that the threats posed by AI are due to bad human actors ...

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Consciousness research is a rapidly evolving field that spans multiple disciplines, including psychology, cognitive science, neurology, neuroscience, ...