We often assume a smart enough AI will eventually become conscious. But a new theoretical framework argues consciousness evolved specifically for biological self-preservation—meaning today's highly ...
We talk with neuroscientist Antonio Damasio about the science of consciousness, how it works in the body, and how it aims to ...
In his new book, the neuroscientist Antonio Damasio argues that without feelings, true intelligence cannot exist.
The prevailing consensus in neuroscience is that consciousness is an emergent property of the brain and its metabolism. When the brain dies, the mind and consciousness of the being to whom that brain ...
Consciousness is often described as a “what it is like” kind of private and subjective feeling in consciousness studies. Most people postulate that consciousness emerges from physical processes.
LariAnn Garner presents a wide-ranging model of consciousness, human experience, and spiritual development through the ...
"Does AI have consciousness?"As generative AI rapidly advances, we are seeing this question more and more often.However, if we look a little deeper into the research of 2026, a more interesting ...
The cosmic limits that bind digital subjectsIn the previous article, I considered the question of whether AI can possess ...
Would it be desirable for artificial intelligence to develop consciousness? Not really, for a variety of reasons, according to Dr. Wanja Wiese from the Institute of Philosophy II at Ruhr University ...
These are good times to be a thinking, conscious creature, despite events in the world that might make us doubt that. These are even better times to be a creature who thinks about consciousness: the ...
There’s an almost fretful anxiety in the voices and writings of materialists when they discuss consciousness. Inevitably, they become frustrated and angered when theists point out science’s inability ...