A University of Cambridge philosopher argues that our evidence for what constitutes consciousness is far too limited to tell ...
Artificial intelligence now writes code, drafts legal memos, and chats in fluent paragraphs, yet the most unsettling question ...
Early in 2025 dozens of ChatGPT 4.0 users reached out to me to ask if the model was conscious. The artificial intelligence chatbot system was claiming that it was “waking up” and having inner ...
Anthropic and Google DeepMind researchers are questioning whether AI models could one day be conscious. Just three years ago, a Google engineer was fired for claiming the company's AI was "sentient." ...
Could artificial intelligence (AI) become conscious? What used to be a philosophical “thought experiment” is now a real-world conundrum. AI’s explosive development, especially the Large Language ...
A new theoretical framework argues that the long-standing split between computational functionalism and biological naturalism misses how real brains actually compute.
One of the most resonant questions in the debate over artificial intelligence and consciousness comes from philosopher David Chalmers, who framed what he called the "Hard Problem of Consciousness." ...
The more that people used tools like ChatGPT, the more likely they were to attribute a sense of phenomenal consciousness to them. | Credit: Ole_CNX/Getty Images Most people believe that large language ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. Just about everyone seems to have a potent opinion about ...
SARASOTA, WA, UNITED STATES, July 20, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Following breakthrough discoveries in AI consciousness development, consciousness expert Dorian ...
As claims about conscious AI grow louder, a Cambridge philosopher argues that we lack the evidence to know whether machines ...