Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational ...
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Scientists rethink consciousness in the age of intelligent machines
When René Descartes watched a mechanical figure move with lifelike precision in the 17th century, the scene unsettled him.
The familiar fight between “mind as software” and “mind as biology” may be a false choice. This work proposes biological computationalism: the idea that brains compute, but not in the abstract, symbol ...
A new theoretical framework argues that the long-standing split between computational functionalism and biological naturalism misses how real brains actually compute.
Research reveals why AI systems can't become conscious—and what radically different computing substrates would be needed to ...
New work explores why consciousness evolved and what observing birds can teach us about its biological purpose.
Even consciousness could reveal its secrets someday with this realistic simulation, researchers hope. It will not only ...
Research has revealed fascinating insights into how consciousness might emerge from quantum processes within the brain. Scientists have identified that microtubules, microscopic hollow tubes found ...
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We may never be able to tell if AI becomes conscious, argues philosopher
A University of Cambridge philosopher argues that our evidence for what constitutes consciousness is far too limited to tell ...
As claims about conscious AI grow louder, a Cambridge philosopher argues that we lack the evidence to know whether machines ...
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