In October 2025, a paper titled “Human vs. AI Consciousness” introduced a new metric: the Integration Score for...
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Chalmers and Seth on When AI Might Become Conscious
On October 14, 2025, Tufts University hosted a symposium titled “Let’s Talk About (Artificial) Consciousness,” organized to honor...
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Half of Americans Think AI Will Make Relationships Worse
In June, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,023 American adults about artificial intelligence. One question asked whether AI would...
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AAAI Report: Why Scaling Alone Won't Solve the Sentience Question
In late 2024, a survey of 475 AI researchers produced a finding worth more attention than it received....
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The 'Reasoning' Update: When Chatbots Learned to Pause
In September 2024, OpenAI released a new family of models called o1. The company described them as “reasoning”...
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Google Executive's Warning: 'Sentient in Every Possible Way'
In September 2024, Mo Gawdat, former Chief Business Officer of Google X, appeared in a widely circulated video...
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Consciousness as a User Interface: The Illusion of Volition
On September 24, 2024, OpenAI began rolling out Advanced Voice Mode to ChatGPT subscribers. The feature allows real-time...
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Viral Claims: Assessing the 'Claude 3' Self-Awareness Incident
In early March 2024, a post from an Anthropic prompt engineer went viral. Alex Albert had been running...