Abstract The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has produced prophets and prophecies
announcing that the age of artificial consciousness is near. Not only does the mere idea that …

OBJECTIVE: Consciousness is often thought to be that aspect of mind that is least amenable
to being understood or replicated by artificial intelligence (AI). The first-personal, subjective …

The classical paradigm of the neural brain as the seat of human natural intelligence is too
restrictive. This paper defends the idea that the neural ectoderm is the actual brain, based …

The development of artificial intelligence and robotics is proceeding so rapidly that many
philosophers and technologists believe them to soon become human-like beings, and …

The problem of consciousness is one of the most important problems both in cognitive
science and in philosophy. There are different philosophers and different scientists who …

The distinction is proposed between living consciousness, which includes subjective
experiences (eg, perceptions, feelings, emotions, imagination, dreams, and creative …

Human consciousness is our most perplexing quality, still an adequate description of it's
workings have not yet arrived. One of the most promising ways to solve this issue is to model …

The interdisciplinary project of consciousness research, now experiencing such an
impressive renaissance with the turn of the century, faces two fundamental problems. First …

Is artificial consciousness theoretically possible? Is it plausible? If so, is it technically
feasible? To make progress on these questions, it is necessary to lay some groundwork …