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Anil Seth
Neuroscientist, author, and public speaker
Anil Seth is a neuroscientist, author, and public speaker who has pioneered research into the brain basis of consciousness for more than 20 years. He is the author of Being You: A New Science of Consciousness.
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“Consciousness is fundamental. It's a fundamental property of the world that we inhabit, a fundamental property of the universe.”
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The overlooked reason why "AI consciousness" isn't coming anytime soon.
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"Nobody expects a computer simulation of a hurricane to generate real wind and real rain," writes neuroscientist Anil Seth.
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Even if a leading theory of consciousness is wrong, it can still be useful to science.
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The idea that consciousness emerges naturally alongside intelligence could be an anthropocentric distortion.
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