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Children and Robots
One way to explore the relation of artificial intelligence and human consciousness is to look at the way children build robots and program them. It seems that when children ... Read all
Who Am I? The Immersed First Personal View
Case 1. On a train to a new destination in a foreign country, you are lulled to sleep by the gentle rocking of the carriage. Suddenly, you are startled awake by a sudden stop and ... Read all
Neurotechnology for Human Benefit and the Impact of AI
Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering, Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland. Neuroprosthetics is an emerging field that is beginning to provide a ... Read all
Artificial Intelligence and Human Minds: Perspectives From Young Children
Our species has a talent for technology: for imagining, crafting and using objects that extend our abilities and improve our lives. Although there is now much discussion, and some ... Read all
What is Consciousness, and Could Machines Have It?
Although consciousness is frequently considered as the pinnacle of the brain, and something that is impossible to confer to machines, I would like to argue otherwise. In this ... Read all
Ghost in the Machine
Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland; Center for Neuroprosthetics, School of Life Sciences, Ecole ... Read all
Motivations and Drives Are Computationally Messy
Deep learning strategies have achieved successes that have surprised those who favor a traditional write-a-program approach to artificial intelligence. The dramatic success of ... Read all
Optimal Strategies for Decision-Making and their Neural Basis
Understanding how animals and humans make decisions is one of the key questions in neuroscience, economics and artificial intelligence. Decisions come in all sort of flavors but, ... Read all
Comment: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Read by Prof. Hertog It is not clear whether intelligence has any long-term survival value. Bacteria multiply and flourish without it. However, intelligence is central to what it ... Read all