1/5 Has the time come for studying consciousness differently?
In this Neuron perspective, @ronyhirsch, uri korisky and myself argue for more ecological studies of C. 🧵
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Useful explainer from Gary Marcus. The only thing I would add is that we should stop using the term 'hallucination' for these LLM errors, bcoz it has connotations of perception/experience/consciousness. If we need a shorthand term, 'confabulation' is much better

This is just a sliver of my conversation with Anil Seth.
The full mind meld is happening on the YouTube channel The Strombo Show. Check it out, will you?
youtu.be/RJriyy033yU?si…

Psyched and honored to be back at TED Talks this year. Today I’ll be discussing #neurotech , #consciousness , & #AI with Nita Farahany & Anil Seth & AC Koppens #BrainsBytesBeing // thank you Simone Ross for bringing me into the amazing TED community

We were able to close TED2024 yesterday with a tribute to Dan Dennett. He was the first speaker I ever brought to the TED stage. A giant mind and a generous spirit.

What is the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness and what do we hope to achieve with it? You can read our collective view at (nydeclaration.com) but for my personal view, see the slides of my talk here: drive.google.com/file/d/1Wvh3np…

Report in Quanta Magazine on the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness. quantamagazine.org/insects-and-ot…

I hope this The TLS review of Dennett’s I’ve Been Thinking explains why I think he was such a force for good in philosophy the-tls.co.uk/articles/ive-b…

Dan Falk The neuroscientist Anil Seth (@anilkseth) is one signatory of the new declaration of animal consciousness. Last year, he spoke with Steven Strogatz about the nature of consciousness on an episode of The Joy of Why podcast: quantamagazine.org/what-is-the-na…

The great Daniel Dennett has died. Terribly sad news. He was a wonderful philosopher and a wonderful human being. I will miss him greatly as I know so many others will too. dailynous.com/2024/04/19/dan…

Looks like now Friday. Hopefully morning, before the conference ends. Why is it so hard to ship books from the US to Canada?