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Can Machines be Conscious
Podcast Dec 19, 2025

Can Machines be Conscious

Hikari Sorensen, researcher at the California Institute of Machine Consciousness (CIMC), joins Dr. Mihaela Ulieru to discuss the frontiers of machine consciousness.

Mindplex Magazine 1 min read
Re-awakening Democracy: 3D Governance and Civic Futures in the AGI Age
Podcast Sep 22, 2025

Re-awakening Democracy: 3D Governance and Civic Futures in the AGI Age

Join Dr. Mihaela Ulieru and Tam Hunt as they explore digital direct democracy, AI voter proxies, and the future of governance, consciousness, and civic engagement in the AGI age.

Mindplex Magazine 1 min read
Getting It from Bit: The Computational Nature of the Universe
Podcast Sep 7, 2026

Getting It from Bit: The Computational Nature of the Universe

What is Graph‑Structured Lambda Theories (GSLT)? In this episode, Greg Meredith argues computation is a tool for modelling reality, the very substrate from which physics, life, and mind emerge.

Mindplex Magazine 1 min read
ALIGNED: The Holographic Universe in Our Thoughts, Part 1
Podcast Jan 13, 2026

ALIGNED: The Holographic Universe in Our Thoughts, Part 1

Dr. Mihaela Ulieru speaks with Dr. Marco Cavaglia and Dr. Tommaso Firaux about a new scientific framework proposing that consciousness emerges through resonance across multiple physical scales.

Mindplex Magazine 1 min read
A Litmus Test for Machine Consciousness
Podcast May 19, 2026

A Litmus Test for Machine Consciousness

Dr. Mihaela Ulieru interviews Dr. Chris Percy, philosopher, policy expert, and consciousness researcher, to explore the deepest questions at the intersection of AI, philosophy of mind, and ethics.

Mindplex Magazine 1 min read
Scientists Propose ‘Fractal Time Crystals’ Inside Cells, Reviving Quantum Theory of Consciousness
Article Mar 12, 2026

Scientists Propose ‘Fractal Time Crystals’ Inside Cells, Reviving Quantum Theory of Consciousness

If the hypothesis proves correct, it could reshape how scientists think about biological organization and revive a controversial theory that consciousness may involve quantum processes inside brain cells.
Matt Swayne 6 min read
Are the Androids Dreaming Yet: On Free Will, Consciousness, and the Quantum Universe with James Tagg
Podcast Jun 23, 2025

Are the Androids Dreaming Yet: On Free Will, Consciousness, and the Quantum Universe with James Tagg

Watch, Dr. Mihaela and James Tagg—co-founder of the Penrose Institute and holder of +200 patents—as they explore the radical edge where quantum physics, biology, and AI ethics converge.

Mindplex Magazine 1 min read
Knowledge, the most powerful thing you can know!
Video Jul 1, 2024

Knowledge, the most powerful thing you can know!

Alex Fitzgerald, an enthusiast of all things good, discusses how the concept knowledge can be a powerful, if not the most powerful, thing that humans can understand in this world.

Alex Fitzgerald 1 min read