Human consciousness is one of the strangest and most mysterious phenomena in the universe, but one scientist says it could be even weirder than we thought. According to a radical new theory, ...

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 ...

Consciousness is a subjective, personal thing, so scientists who study it usually rely on people to tell them what they are conscious of. The problem is that infants are presumably conscious but, ...

The idea of AI sentience is drawing more focus to consciousness science. But some researchers aren’t sure that’s a good thing.