Many top professionals and leaders may feel uneasy about AI. Here’s why—and what it reveals about human intelligence.

Researchers across biology, philosophy, and AI are split on what counts as a mind—and whether today’s systems qualify.

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Consciousness could be a fundamental part of reality, like gravity or matter, according to this controversial theory.

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 ...

Koch, who studied vision, thought that by measuring people's brain responses as they looked at special optical illusions, ...

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.

Consciousness is famously a "hard problem" of science: We don't precisely know how the physical matter in our brains ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing at a remarkable pace, prompting significant discussions about its potential to surpass biological intelligence. Geoffrey Hinton, a key figure in AI research, ...