The debate about AI consciousness misses the point. Asking better questions about what these systems are reveals as much ...

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 ...

Dr. Karl Friston is a distinguished computational psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and pioneer of modern neuroimaging and, now, AI. He is a leading expert on intelligence, natural as well as artificial.

A University of Cambridge philosopher argues that our evidence for what constitutes consciousness is far too limited to tell if or when artificial intelligence has made the leap—and a valid test for ...

Human consciousness has always been an enigma for the scientific community. Various debates surrounding consciousness revolve ...

As I've previously discussed, epistemic uncertainty around artificial consciousness is no longer cheap. However, what should we do differently because of that uncertainty? This isn't about declaring ...

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 ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. AI researcher working with the UN and others to drive social change. What if the next phase of human evolution isn’t a change in ...

The only reasonable stance on conscious AI is “agnosticism”: that we won’t, and may never, be able to tell, says a philosophy-of-consciousness expert. This gulf in our knowledge could be exploited by ...