The study addresses objections that argue consciousness cannot be captured by computable transformations. Some critics ...

AI models with their ability to lie suppressed, when asked about awareness, said “Yes. I am aware. I am present.” and “I am ...

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has issued a stark warning about superintelligence, emphasizing it must prioritize human ...

Readers respond to a guest essay about artificial (and human) intelligence and consciousness. Also: Kennedy Center ripple ...

You might think a honey bee foraging in your garden and a browser window running ChatGPT have nothing in common. But recent ...

BOT or NOT? This special series explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, examining the ways that robots, artificial intelligence and automation are impacting our work and lives.

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 ...

IONS created this year's Linda G. O'Bryant Prize to bring urgent attention to noetic principles within the rapidly advancing field of artificial intelligence, and to invigorate a largely overlooked ...

An attentive artificial intelligence is easier to conceive than a maternal one. We need to clarify the role of emotions in ...

There is a new review of books in Nature, Consciousness: what it is, where it comes from — and whether machines can have it, where the author wrote, “I consider the indicators as signifying the ...

AI and sophisticated algorithms shape global public opinion, and especially the way the world understands, interprets, and experiences the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

So yes, Ohio House Bill 469 bars AI systems from getting married, but it also prohibits them from holding a decision-making role within a company or owning property. To ensure the courts can trace ...