Consciousness is what we are most familiar with. Feeling the sun's warmth on our face, the joy of seeing someone we love, or the thrill of being on a rollercoaster—every single experience we ever had, ...

Ever since we published our very first issue 123 years ago—yes, we’re old—Popular Mechanics has endeavored to help you understand all kinds of technological marvels, from the tools in your shed, to ...

What if our understanding of consciousness has been missing the point by trying to compare it to software? The debate on the ...

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Consciousness may emerge not from code, but from the way living brains physically compute.

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The universe has no brain. It has no gray matter, no nervous system, no neurons firing electrical impulses—and yet, that ...

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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 ...