When René Descartes watched a mechanical figure move with lifelike precision in the 17th century, the scene unsettled him.

In this video, we explore various aspects of artificial intelligence and consciousness, discussing: - AI in science fiction ...

What Does Artificial Intelligence Think About Consciousness? Source: Pexels For a long time, humans have wondered whether machines could eventually achieve consciousness — or to put it another way, ...

An amazing phenomenon is occurring on Earth right now. Those who can see the collective baseline consciousness of mankind can ...

An image generated by prompts to Google Gemini. (Courtesy of Joe Nalven) This column was composed in part by incorporating responses from a large-language model, a type of artificial intelligence ...

We’ve seen a recent explosion in the number of discussions about artificial intelligence (AI) and the advances in algorithms to improve its usability and practical applications. ChatGPT is one of the ...

A new theoretical framework argues that the long-standing split between computational functionalism and biological naturalism misses how real brains actually compute.

In his first-year seminar dubbed “Could a Robot Ever Be Conscious?” Professor Richard Huskey guides students to discuss theories of consciousness. Through a variety of fields ranging from neuroscience ...

Large language models (LLMs) deliver impressive results, but are they truly capable of reaching or surpassing human ...

After the speeches by Antonio Giordano, Mario Caligiuri, Guido Trombetti, and Giuseppe Zollo, the debate initiated by Il ...