Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. I would think so. Our general understanding of what it means ...

Researchers propose that the key to identifying consciousness in animals and AI lies in understanding how their information processing systems work.

Three years ago, suggesting AI was "sentient" was one way to get fired in the tech world. Now, tech companies are more open to having that conversation. This week, AI startup Anthropic launched a new ...

Metaphors invite ways of thinking. If philosophical disagreements are battles, only one side can win. If memory is a storehouse, recollection requires search and retrieval (but maybe not if memory is ...

Artificial intelligence now writes code, drafts legal memos, and chats in eerily fluent prose, yet the most unsettling question about these systems is not what they can do but what, if anything, they ...

If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. The turning point came in the summer of 2023, when a group of 19 leading ...

In light of the emergence of ChatGPT and the hysteria around it, it would not be an understatement to suggest that we are getting close to Alan Turing’s dream of creating an intelligent machine. Yet, ...

Anthropic and Google DeepMind researchers are questioning whether AI models could one day be conscious. Just three years ago, a Google engineer was fired for claiming the company's AI was "sentient." ...