What matters for consciousness is not what you do, but how you do it.
- Professor, School of Philosophy, Australian National University
The science of human consciousness offers new ways of gauging machine minds – and suggests there’s no obvious reason computers can’t develop awareness.
We analysed eight years of Reddit posts from conspiracy theorists. Our findings have helped debunk some common myths about this somewhat alienated group of people.
Hidup tanpa rasa sakit tampak seperti berkah. Namun, rasa sakit memainkan peran penting untuk melindungi tubuh kita dari kerusakan lebih lanjut.
Life without pain might seem like a blessing. But pain plays an important role in protecting our bodies from further damage.
A new study provides fascinating data on how people prioritise who to save in hypothetical driverless car crashes. But it takes more than just numbers to really create ethical machines.
Conspiracy theorists are commonly seen as fundamentally irrational, with an all-encompassing obsession. But new research suggests they may have quite different motivations, beliefs and attitudes.
We have far more to worry about from outdated science that embodies dubious prejudices than we do from deep learning networks.
Insects have similar structures in their brains as do we, and that might mean that have a basic form of consciousness.
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