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

Before we can test for AI consciousness, we need to understand how consciousness actually emerges, experts say.

Are insects like honey bees conscious? How about AI systems like ChatGPT? Researchers have devised new ways to investigate.

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Does AI lack consciousness? Is that a dealbreaker when it comes to “dating” it? University of Puget Sound professors say it’s complicated.

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 ...

So yes, Ohio House Bill 469 bars AI systems from getting married, but it also prohibits them from holding a decision-making ...

Microsoft’s AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says machines may mimic emotion but can never feel it — and warns against building ...

Debates about AI consciousness question whether intelligent machines can truly understand or experience thought, citing the ...

More than a decade after its release, the film Ex Machina has proven a insightful forerunner to current debates about AI.

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Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman urges developers to abandon research into AI consciousness, stating only biological beings possess this trait. He emphasizes that AI simulates experience and ...