Explaining how something as complex as consciousness can emerge from a grey, jelly-like lump of tissue in the head is arguably the greatest scientific challenge of our time. The brain is an ...

Consciousness evolved in stages, starting with basic survival responses like pain and alarm, then expanding into focused awareness and self-reflection. These layers help organisms avoid danger, learn ...

When David Luke committed to studying psychedelics and parapsychology, it felt like double career suicide. Today, elite institutions have his back as he explores DMT “entities,” near-death experiences ...

In this video, we explore various aspects of artificial intelligence and consciousness, discussing: - AI in science fiction ...

New work explores why consciousness evolved and what observing birds can teach us about its biological purpose.

Is it unethical to create AI potentially capable of experiencing distress? In A Nutshell Cambridge philosopher argues current ...

The only reason humans know about the existence of consciousness — the phenomenon of having subjective feelings and experiences — is because we have feelings and experiences. But despite centuries of ...

And perhaps, in this rapidly evolving landscape, the question of consciousness in AI systems has found its way to become a legitimate field of scholarly inquiry. A recent commentary in Nature, backed ...

After analyzing many previous studies on lucid dreaming, researchers have defined it as a state that differs significantly ...

Explaining how something as complex as consciousness can emerge from a grey, jelly-like lump of tissue in the head is arguably the greatest scientific challenge of our time. The brain is an ...

Academic leaders from around the world penned an open letter calling on artificial intelligence developers to learn more about consciousness as artificial intelligence (AI) systems advance rapidly, ...

In 2007 I published a book called Animals Matter and at about the same time Erin Williams and Margo Demello published a book called Why Animals Matter. And just this month another book called Why ...