If artificial consciousness never emerges, safeguards will look cautious but harmless. If it does, safeguards may be the ...

The idea that artificial intelligence systems might one day organize themselves into something resembling a coordinated uprising sounds like the plot of a summer blockbuster. But beneath the Hollywood ...

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has publicly disagreed with the reasoning behind a project that claims to have built the first artificial intelligence capable of earning its own existence, ...

At the highest level sits ideational survival. Humans care about legacy, cultural continuity, and symbolic immortality. Religious systems, moral codes, and philosophical doctrines often function to ...

Researchers across biology, philosophy, and AI are split on what counts as a mind—and whether today’s systems qualify.