If artificial consciousness never emerges, safeguards will look cautious but harmless. If it does, safeguards may be the ...

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 ...

As AI—and the ethical debate surrounding it—accelerates, scientists argue that understanding consciousness is now more urgent than ever. This is according to a new Frontiers in Science lead article in ...

In his new book, “A World Appears,” Michael Pollan argues that artificial intelligence can do many things—it just can’t be a ...

As AI—and the ethical debate surrounding it—accelerates, scientists argue that understanding consciousness is now more urgent than ever. Researchers writing in Frontiers in Science warn that advances ...

If there is one question that stands out as having become increasingly significant in recent years, it is "Will artificial intelligence ever become conscious?" Everyone from scientists and tech gurus ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. AI researcher working with the UN and others to drive social change. Feb 07, 2025, 03:28pm EST Humans have been on an elusive ...

Theorists of consciousness generally focus on sensation – what it's like to, say, experience the color red. Yet what we call the stream of consciousness offers a much richer and more complex blend of ...

When René Descartes watched a mechanical figure move with lifelike precision in the 17th century, the scene unsettled him. The machine behaved like a person, yet no one believed it could feel. That ...

Artificial intelligence dominates headlines, Wall Street, and popular culture right now. As AI continues to make leads and bounds in terms of capabilities and intuitiveness, one philosophers posits ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...