Richard Dawkins and the question of AI consciousness | letters
By Guardian staff reporter Publication Date: 2026-05-15 16:56:00 I was pleased to see Dr. Read Simon Nieder’s compelling refutation of…
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Michael Pollan explores the mystery of consciousness in his new book
By Brianne Kane,Fonda Mwangi,Alex Sugiura,Kylie Murphy,Jeffery DelViscio,Kendra Pierre-Louis Publication Date: 2026-03-06 11:00:00 Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American‘S science fast, I’m…
‘Degrees of consciousness’: a 15-year-old philosopher considers the rights of AI
When 15-year-old Benjamin Qin Muji began writing his essay during the China trials for the International Philosophy Olympiad in Shanghai…
Human Consciousness Is a ‘Controlled Hallucination,’ Scientist Says—And AI Can Never Achieve It
Traipse into the world of artificial intelligence research, and it won’t take long to stumble across a concept known as…