In this post, the last of a five-part series, we will acquire an understanding of various theories that emphasize the importance of top-down signaling in shaping and enabling conscious perception.

We don't precisely know how the physical matter in our brains translates into thoughts, sensations, and feelings. But an ...

Since the dawn of human consciousness, people have grappled with the problem of what it is and how it works. In academic circles, this is formally known as “the hard problem of consciousness.” David ...

Of the 800m people using ChatGPT every week, only a vanishingly small number will have seriously considered whether ChatGPT might have experiences worth caring about. AI welfare — the project of ...

This interaction could help explain both why quantum processes can occur within environments like the brain and why we lose ...

In the 1990s Australian philosopher David Chalmers framed the challenge of distinguishing between the “easy” problems and the “hard” problem of consciousness. Easy problems involve explaining behavior ...

Philosophers, cognitive scientists, and engineers are grappling with what it would take for AI to become conscious. David Chalmers was not expecting the invitation he received in September of last ...