Tag: "consciousness"

What it Means to be Human: Blade Runner 2049

Kilian Pötter introduces the big ideas and problems around artificial consciousness.
[Issue 155: April/May 2023: AI & Mind]

Can Machines Be Conscious?

Sebastian Sunday Grève and Yu Xiaoyue find an unexpected way in which the answer is ‘yes’.
[Issue 155: April/May 2023: AI & Mind]

The Last Thought

Everything must end eventually, even consciousness. A short story by Grant Bartley.
[Issue 155: April/May 2023: Short Story]

The Fantasy of Conscious Machines

Raymond Tallis says talk of ‘artificial intelligence’ is neither intelligent nor indeed, intelligible.
[Issue 152: October/November 2022: Tallis in Wonderland]

David Chalmers leaves behind the hard problem of consciousness for an adventure tour of computer-simulated worlds and virtual reality. Paul Doolan interviews him about his new book, Reality+: virtual worlds and the problems of philosophy.
[Issue 148: February/March 2022: Interview]

Simon & Finn

by Melissa Felder
[Issue 146: October/November 2021: Cartoon]

Thinking About Thinking

Raymond Tallis reflexes his mind muscle.
[Issue 143: April/May 2021: Tallis in Wonderland]

Robot Rules!

Brett Wilson judges the case for laws for robots.
[Issue 139: August/September 2020: Future Shocks]

UPLOADED

by Mary Scheurer
[Issue 139: August/September 2020: Poetry]

The Singularity of the Human Hive Mind

James Sirois gives us a strong warning about overusing the net.
[Issue 139: August/September 2020: Future Shocks]