When considering the possibility of consciousness in artificial systems, there are at least two different approaches. One approach asks: How likely is it that current AI systems are conscious – and ...

Stephen M. Younger is a nuclear physicist and was until recently the senior associate director for national security at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, where his job was to ensure the ...

In his new book, “A World Appears,” Michael Pollan argues that artificial intelligence can do many things—it just can’t be a ...

In his new book A World Appears, the journalist explores the mysteries of the human brain - and whether computers could ever catch up ...

The human brain is the most complex information integrator known in the universe. With 86 billion neurons and 100 trillion connections between them, the brain gives us our rich subjective experiences ...

Have you ever wondered what makes you "you"? What creates the feeling of being aware, of experiencing the world around you? Scientists call this consciousness, and it's one of the biggest mysteries we ...