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Is AI already conscious? A look at the spectrum of consciousness theory, and where AI may currently fall on that spectrum

How canine and human consciousness co-evolved to facilitate understanding and communication

The role of language in the evolution of human consciousness, and its implications for AI development and the question of consciousness in LLM AI systems

Have you ever noticed how your social media feed seems to know exactly what you want to see? That's not coincidence—it's by design. And while this personalization makes scrolling through your feed feel effortless and engaging, it comes with a hidden cost. The algorithmic systems that curate your content are making you more susceptible to confirmation bias and potentially exposing you to misleading information without you even realizing it. Understanding how technology exploit

For decades, scientists and philosophers have been debating the so-called "hard problem of consciousness" — the mystery of how consciousness arises from matter. Almost all of this research looks at the problem through the lens of an assumption that remains unquestioned — namely, that matter is the fundamental substrate of reality, and consciousness somehow arises from matter when matter organizes into sufficiently complex neural networks. This assumption underlies nearly all

We can build machines that recognize faces, translate languages, and beat grandmasters at chess. We can create artificial neural networks that mirror the structure of biological brains. We can even develop large language models that engage in conversations sophisticated enough to fool us into thinking something's really there. But here's what we can't do: we can't explain why any of this should feel like anything from the inside. This gap—between observable behavior and subje