Tag: sentience
What (If Anything) Physics Can Say About Consciousness
What about objects? If we want to argue that they have consciousness too, we need to define the term differently from the experiential way we usually do.
What Do Animals Feel? And What About Babies?
With human babies, those who propose laws against cruelty suddenly enter a Cold Zone, at least compared to their feelings for crustaceans.
What If? The Threat of Sentient AGI
John West brings a word of caution to public health policies espoused by Francis Collins. Collins succinctly illustrates an example of unbalanced morality.
Putting AI to the “Tolkien Test”: Could It Pass?
Could ChatGPT ever hope to get close to the creative depth found in Tolkien’s Middle-earth?
Bees with Feelings? A Darwinist Winces
Most naturalist philosophers of mind have held that human consciousness — maddeningly mysterious — is an illusion.