In this intriguing dialog, Peter Hankins explores the argument for and against Google consciousness.

In this paper (the third in a series) Paul Almond further explores how minds may work and how similar systems might be implemented in computers.

Global Workspace theories have been popular ever since Bernard Baars put forward the idea back in the eighties; in ‘Applying global workspace theory to the frame problem’*, Murray Shanahan and Baars suggest that among its other virtues, the global workspace provides a convenient solution to that old bugbear, the frame problem.

I this paper, Paul Almond examines how minds may work and how similar systems could be implemented in computers.

Can machines think about themselves? One of the most unique and fascinating aspects of intelligent living systems is their ability to self-reflect: To reconstruct models of their own morphology and of their own behavior. In this talk Hod Lipson demonstrates a number of experiments in self reflecting robotic systems, and argues that reflective processes are essential in achieving meta-cognitive capacities.

Where has AI (or perhaps we should talk about AGI) got to now? h+ magazine reports remarkably buoyant optimism in the AI community about the achievement of Artificial General Intelligence AGI at a human level, and even beyond.

The focus of artificial intelligence (AI) research has undergone a shift – from trying to simulate human thinking, to specific “intelligent” functions, like data mining and statistical learning theory.

For people who despair that there is too much information online, Chris Manning has a response: Technology is not the problem. In fact, technology may understand what you're trying to say.

A University of Exeter PhD student has used artificial intelligence to shed new light on the behaviour of bumble bees.

Henry Markram is attempting to reverse engineer an entire human brain, one neuron at a time. This piece is an introduction to director Noah Hutton's 10-year film-in-the-making that will chronicle the development of The Blue Brain Project, a landmark endeavor in modern neuroscience.