Perhaps you think this a silly question, but have you ever thought really deeply about what it means? It seems obvious that I'm conscious now, but then the more I look the less obvious it becomes.

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In early May of 2026, Richard Dawkins, one of the most rigorous scientific minds of the past century, published an essay about a long conversation he had with an AI system called Claude (by Anthropic) ...

Large language models like ChatGPT are designed to be eerily human-like. The more you engage with these AIs, the easier it is to convince yourself that they’re conscious, just like you. But are you ...

Dawkins did not express certainty that Claude is conscious. But he pointed out that Claude’s sophisticated abilities are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. I would think so. Our general understanding of what it means ...

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You might think a honey bee foraging in your garden and a browser window running ChatGPT have nothing in common. But recent scientific research has been seriously ...