The study of machine consciousness has a wide range of potential and problems as it sits at
the intersection of ethics, technology, and philosophy. This work explores the deep issues …

Thus far, we have experienced three artificial intelligence (AI) booms. In the third one, we
succeeded in developing AI that partially surpassed human capabilities. However, we are …

The domain of machine consciousness is a melting pot of computers, robots,
neuropsychology, sociology and philosophy. This is both an opportunity and a serious risk of …

The scope of the paper is to encourage scientists and engineering to avoid to do what
Einstein pointed out as being the hallmark of folly. Machine consciousness scholars must be …

The question of consciousness has puzzledmany great philosophersfrom time immemorial
and rightly so because of the fact that our brain is made up of flesh and blood and yet …

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to proliferate across manufacturing, economic,
medical, aerospace, transportation, and social realms, ethical guidelines must be …

As artificially intelligent systems become more anthropomorphic and pervasive, and their
potential impact on humanity more urgent, discussions about the possibility of machine …

This report introduces the activities of eight one-week workshops that were held during the
summer of 2017 on the topic “Technology and Consciousness.” Participants in the series of …

It is widely agreed that possession of consciousness contributes to an entity's moral status,
even if it is not necessary for moral status (Levy and Savulescu 2009). An entity is …

This paper critically tracks the impact of the development of the machine consciousness
paradigm from the incredulity of the 1990s to the structuring of the turn of this century, and …