When considering the possibility of consciousness in artificial systems, there are at least two different approaches. One approach asks: How likely is it that current AI systems are conscious – and ...

Stephen M. Younger is a nuclear physicist and was until recently the senior associate director for national security at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, where his job was to ensure the ...

In his new book A World Appears, the journalist explores the mysteries of the human brain - and whether computers could ever catch up ...