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 ...

An unprecedented brain study has delivered fresh clues about consciousness—suggesting it's more about perception than planning. Two leading theories went head-to-head, but neither emerged victorious.

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For some theories of consciousness, such as displaying complex cognitive abilities, LLM s score a lot higher than the ...

With the rise of brain-interface technology and artificial intelligence that can imitate brain functions, understanding the nature of consciousness and how it interacts with reality is not just an age ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American An article on the neuroscience of infant ...