The rapid progress of artificial intelligence (AI) has revived long-standing debates about whether machines could one day possess consciousness similar to humans. However, beyond the technical ...

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 ...

As AI—and the ethical debate surrounding it—accelerates, scientists argue that understanding consciousness is now more urgent than ever. This is according to a new Frontiers in Science lead article in ...

Researchers are edging closer to experiments that claim to supply artificial intelligence with a missing ingredient for subjective experience, yet the scientific community remains sharply divided over ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. AI researcher working with the UN and others to drive social change. Feb 07, 2025, 03:28pm EST Humans have been on an elusive ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

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 ...

If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. The turning point came in the summer of 2023, when a group of 19 leading ...

Elon Musk accused Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei of "projecting" after Amodei said in an interview that, "We don’t know if the models are conscious." ...