A new research paper argues that emerging brain–computer interface (BCI) technologies are not just medical tools but ...

When René Descartes watched a mechanical figure move with lifelike precision in the 17th century, the scene unsettled him. The machine behaved like a person, yet no one believed it could feel. That ...

My fascination with AI led to my recent book, Digital Dharma, and the root of my fascination has to do with the possibility that AI can raise a person’s level of awareness. Artificial intelligence ...

In this video, we explore the concept of consciousness and whether AI machines can achieve it. We discuss the Turing Test, proposed by Alan Turing, which evaluates if a machine can think or possess a ...

But that doesn't mean science hasn't been trying, and one particularly fascinating idea, proposed by a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and an anesthesiologist in 1998, suggests that quantum effects ...

The debate over AI consciousness is back. Mustafa Suleyman, a leading AI executive, recently said that “seemingly conscious AI” is on the horizon. These are systems that, through ongoing enhancements ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more and more integrated into society, two divergent narratives have captured the public imagination. On one end of the spectrum, the "AI apocalypse" scenario ...