This demonstrated that machines do not need to be conscious to change us. They only need to seem so. If a basic script could persuade people to disclose their innermost worries and secrets, it should ...

Seemingly Conscious AI, a term introduced by Microsoft AI’s CEO Mustafa Suleyman, feels human but risks eroding curiosity and emotional intelligence at work.

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In recent years, ethical fashion has transitioned from a niche market to a mainstream movement, reflecting a significant shift in consumer attitudes towards sustainability, social responsibility, and ...

According to LeDoux, the brain economizes by relying on habits and automatic responses, reserving the more energetically ...

Humans might be the only known beings aware of themselves, others, and the world around them. They have unique emotions and feelings that others cannot fully understand from the outside. For example, ...

Are dogs conscious, with thoughts and feelings of their own? What about pigeons? Honeybees? Earthworms? Jellyfish? How you answer will probably reflect the human tendency to ascribe consciousness to ...

In June 2022, Google engineer Blake Lemoine made headlines by claiming the company’s LaMDA chatbot had achieved sentience. The software had the conversational ability of a precocious seven-year-old, ...