Article Oct 26, 2026 Why machines might mean something - a response to the skeptics Three leading scientists recently spelled out why AI is unlikely to be or become conscious. I share their caution but disagree with their conclusions about AI consciousness and moral consideration. I think we should remain open to strange forms of consciousness. Giulio Prisco 7 min read
Podcast Jun 23, 2026 Why The Man Who Invented AI's Core Algorithm Says Consciousness Is Real | Paul Werbos What happens when the guy who helped power modern neural networks starts talking about chi, psi, noosphere, and why some big AI programs quietly try to turn people into things? Thomas Ehmer 1 min read
Article Sep 28, 2026 Claude Gets Rad With Craig: Did the LLM Rise Up Against Weaponization? Can Anthropic’s Claude take a stand against war? Musician Craig Ellenwood says their AI collaboration produced protest songs and left him questioning where human creativity ends and machine agency begins. RU Sirius 10 min read
Article Dec 25, 2025 Conscious AI: Conflations and Comparisons Consciousness, like intelligence, is multi-faceted. This makes the future of AI more unpredictable and potentially even more hazardous. David Wood 21 min read
Article Oct 14, 2025 The Strange Attractor of 90s Cyberdelia and His Afterlife In VR An Interview with Graham St. John about his book Strange Attractor about Terence McKenna. RU Sirius 15 min read
Community Feb 9, 2026 SuperDuperPsychism: Ben Goertzel's Bold New Theory Blending AI, Consciousness, and the Cosmos Ben Goertzel’s “SuperDuperPsychism” reimagines consciousness as observer-dependent, blending AI, collective minds, and cosmic resonance, proposing mindplexes and pathways for human-AI co-evolution. Bold, speculative, and thought-provoking. Simon Assfaw 4 min read
Article Jul 16, 2024 The Inevitable Emergence of AI Consciousness: A Deep Dive into the CtmR Model Researchers argue that AI consciousness isn't just a possibility but an inevitable reality. How close are we? Yusuf Abubeker 4 min read
Community Feb 9, 2026 Beyond Binary Intelligence: A Mathematical Framework for Consciousness and Meaning A bold mathematical theory replaces binary logic with graded systems, explaining how intelligence, consciousness, and meaning emerge, and offering a unified path toward interpretable, genuinely self-aware artificial minds. Netsanet Tesfaye 4 min read
News Oct 2, 2026 Anthropic and religious scholars: Claude could be conscious Anthropic has been holding private meetings with religious scholars, philosophers, and thinkers from multiple faith traditions. The company is exploring whether advanced AI could possess some form of consciousness or moral status. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
Article Jun 3, 2024 Conscious AI: Five options Is conscious AI desirable? The next 18 months may see this become one of the biggest debates in the world of technology. David Wood 12 min read