That same gift of creation, once a symbol of our uniqueness, has now brought us into a new age of invention unlike any before ...

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

An image generated by prompts to Google Gemini. (Courtesy of Joe Nalven) This column was composed in part by incorporating responses from a large-language model, a type of artificial intelligence ...

Consciousness has long resisted neat explanations, but a growing body of research suggests the problem may lie in how we ...

What do you get when you mix fire's power, electricity's reach, math's precision, and language's connection? AI—humanity's ...

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 ...

We don't precisely know how the physical matter in our brains translates into thoughts, sensations, and feelings. But an ...

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.

In the often strange world of AI research, some people are exploring whether the machines should be able to unionize. Earlier this month, Anthropic said it gave its Claude chatbot the ability to ...

Blaise Agüera y Arcas' research explores how self-reproduction -- and thus life -- is inherently computational. Mix & mingle over drinks & small bites with other attendees at our pre & post-show ...