Collaborate Disseminate
Axel Cleeremans, a psychologist and researcher, has spent the last 30 years trying to figure it out. Continue reading Scientists Still Don’t Totally Understand What It Means to Be Conscious
The concept of artificial intelligence dates back far before the advent of modern computers — even as far back as Greek mythology. Hephaestus, the Greek god of craftsmen and blacksmiths, was believed to have created automatons to work for him. Another mythological figure, Pygmalion, carved a statue of a beautiful woman from ivory, who he proceeded to fall in love with. Aphrodite then imbued the statue with life as a gift to Pygmalion, who then married the now living woman.
Throughout history, myths and legends of artificial beings that were given intelligence were common. These varied from having simple supernatural …read more
A simulated apple can’t feed anybody, and other reality checks by a philosopher and a cognitive scientist. Continue reading Elon Musk Is Wrong. We Aren’t Living in a Simulation
