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Center for the Future of Mind, AI & Society

The Center for the Future of Mind, AI & Society is a multi-disciplinary hub where thought leaders in philosophy, complex systems, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and other fields come together to analyze vital scientific, societal, and ethical issues. With world-renowned experts, a major media presence, and regular presentations to Congress and its staff, the Center aims to deepen our understanding of the future of intelligence.

The Center explores questions like the following:
鈥⑻鼿ow does machine intelligence compare to human intelligence? And how can these distinct intelligences best work together?
鈥⑻齏hat is the nature of the self, mind and consciousness?
鈥⑻齏hat are the epistemic strengths and weaknesses of today鈥檚 large language models (LLMs)?

The Center is directed by Susan Schneider, the William F. Dietrich Distinguished Professor at 麻豆精品视频, former NASA Chair, and Distinguished Scholar at the Library of Congress.

Spotlight: Center Activities
Scientific American: Susan Schneider - If a Chatbot Tells You It Is Conscious, Should You Believe It?

AI systems could show signs of consciousness. We need to develop better tests to show whether they are actually aware.

watch video Closer To Truth: Susan Schneider - MindFest 2025 Retrospective
Closer To Truth: Susan Schneider - MindFest 2025 Retrospective

Susan Schneider and Robert Lawrence Kuhn discuss MindFest 2025 on Closer to Truth.

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MindFest 2025: George Theiner, James Hughes, Robin Hanson, Zoltan Istvan and Susan Schneider on Transhumanism

This panel brings together leading voices to debate the future of human enhancement.

MindFest 2025: Tam Hunt - General Resonance Theory (GRT) and Field Theories of Consciousness

Tam Hunt discusses GRT, which explores how synchronized oscillations鈥攔anging from the quantum level to whole-brain dynamics鈥攇ive rise to conscious experience.

Closer To Truth: Jonathan Schooler on the Psychology of Artificial Intelligence

Jonathan Schooler and Robert Lawrence Kuhn discuss whether artificial intelligence can become conscious on Closer To Truth.

MindFest 2025: Unknowable Minds - Book Salon with Mark Bailey, Susan Schneider, Julia Mossbridge, and Kevin Fraiser

This special MindFest 2025 Book Salon features Mark Bailey鈥檚 Unknowable Minds: Philosophical Insights on AI and Autonomous Weapons.

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Talks
Mindfest 2024: Harmut Neven: Consciousness via Quantum Superposition

Conscious moments are generated by the formation of quantum superpositions, challenging traditional views on the origins of consciousness.

AGI is 5 Years Away!

Ben Goertzel speaking at Center Mindfest 2023

ChatGPT, Dark Matter, & AI

Stephen Wolfram speaking at Center Mindfest 2023

Videos
Is Artificial General Intelligence too Dangerous to Build?

Eliezer Yudkowsky discusses his rationale for ceasing the development of Als more sophisticated than GPT-4.

Towards Neural Nets for Conscious Processing and Causal Reasoning

Yoshua Bengio speaking at Center for the Future Mind

Hierarchical Consciousness: The Nested Observer Windows Model

Jonathan Schooler presents a framework for understanding consciousness as a hierarchy of information-processing modules integrated through nested rhythms.

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Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal: Elan Barenholtz on the Nature of Language
Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal: William Hahn Unifies Wolfram, Leibniz, & Consciousness
Closer To Truth: AI Consciousness & Virtual Immortality Curated Playlist (MindFest 2025)
Closer To Truth: Morality & Society Curated Playlist (MindFest 2025)
Closer To Truth: Philosophy & Metaphysics Curated Playlist (MindFest 2025)
Stephen Wolfram: "What If We Had Bigger Brains? Imagining Minds beyond Ours
Exploring Machine Consciousness (PRISM): Susan Schneider on Organoids, LLMs, and tests for AI consciousness"
Vox: Sigal Samuel - AI systems could become conscious. What if they hate their lives?
Mark Bailey: An Aesthetic Argument for Weak Transhumanism
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