The way things seem is not what it seems! Maybe we have qualia, and they just *seem* to have a physically inexplicable intrinsic character because *that* seeming serves some epistemic function?

Audio available now on Spotify! Go take a listen (link in comments) . . . @chrisley.bsky.social @sussexneuro.bsky.social @sussexai.bsky.social

How can we look beyond the AI models themselves to anticipate what’s about to happen? See my notes on my recent @brighthink.bsky.social discussion with Christopher Summerfield: www.linkedin.com/pulse/strang...

Reminds me of Swift’s Modest Proposal.

Could they manipulate or deceive you, and if so, what might they make you do? Whose interests do they represent? When will they be able to move beyond words and take action in the real world? Ticket Link in Comments @chrisley.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

Another great @brighthink.bsky.social event coming up on Monday: Christopher Summerfield will discuss issues raised in his excellent book, "These Strange New Minds: How AI Learned to Talk and What It Means". I'm very much looking forward to chairing! www.brighthink.org/events/these...

Does your LLM understand what it is talking about? First ask whether it is talking about anything at all! A report of my invited lecture at the University of Stirling last week: linkedin.com/pulse/llms-e... @sussexai.bsky.social

Sussex AI Day 2026 is Monday, January 19th at the University of Sussex! Keynote by Eleni Vasilaki. I'll be discussing responsibility and AI on a panel with Graeme Cox, Jacqueline O'Reilly & Jeremy Reffin, moderated by Robyn Waller. Registration: lnkd.in/gC3PGVS6 @sussexai.bsky.social

In an hour’s time I’m giving a COGS Research Seminar entitled “Can GPTs be more than Stochastic Parrots? Informationally Grounded Utterances” www.sussex.ac.uk/schools/psyc...

There you go www.furche.at/feuilleton/p...

In beautiful Amden, Switzerland for the Society for Mind Matter Research. This year’s theme is “Flourishing” and we’ve heard a wide range of fascinating talks on the connections between well-being/personal growth and consciousness science. My talk: “Flourishing in the Age of Intelligent Machines”.

Breathtakingly dramatic compositions excellently performed. tonusperegrinus.bandcamp.com/album/music-...

All of us at the birth of the School of Cognitive Sciences in 86 became the intellectual children of Maggie Boden and Aaron Sloman, and much improved for it. On this event I feel less the great loss, more the impact of an incredible life, well lived. An unstoppable force

We're so excited to share the recording of our fascinating talk with Neil D. Lawrence talking about his latest book, The Atomic Human, with Ron Chrisley. Do your ears (and your brain) a favour, and go take a listen now! @lawrennd.bsky.social @chrisley.bsky.social @cst.cam.ac.uk

Margaret Boden, giant of Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of AI, is one of the people whose lives will be remembered on BBC Radio 4’s Last Word programme tomorrow at 4pm UK time. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

First results are out for the K Prize: www.kprize.ai Eduardo Rocha de Andrade will receive $50K for the win where his final score is based on correct answers to just 7.5% of the questions on the “contamination-free version of SWE-Bench”

We had a thoroughly fascinating and entertaining evening yesterday with Neil D. Lawrence discussing his book, The Atomic Human, & all things to do with what makes us human in this fast evolving world of technology, with Ron Chrisley of Sussex University. @lawrennd.bsky.social @chrisley.bsky.social

Join us in Brighton on Wednesday 23rd July, with Neil D Lawrence, and learn what it is that makes us human in the age of AI. Tix link in comments @lawrennd.bsky.social @chrisley.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @sussexai.bsky.social @cst.cam.ac.uk @sussex.ac.uk

Calling the Brighton AI community - Neil D. Lawrence, DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at Cambridge University, will be discussing his book, The Atomic Human, on Wed 23rd July - Tix link in comments. @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @lawrennd.bsky.social @chrisley.bsky.social #AI #brighton

In 2.5 hours (7pm Barcelona time) I will give my talk entitled "Do current AI models have mental imagery?" If you are at The Science of Consciousness conference please come by! #TSC2025 #Barcelona #MachineConsciousness

As promised, here’s the title and abstract for the talk I gave earlier today in Barcelona: “First, Do No Harm: AI for the Market Mind”

On the plane to Spain! Specifically Barcelona to speak at the inaugural workshop of the Cognitive Economics Collaboration Initiative tomorrow, & at The Science of Consciousness conference on Wednesday. Details later. #marketmind #machineconsciousness #finai consciousness.arizona.edu/tsc-2025-bar...

At University College London, attending a memorial symposium for my friend and colleague Basil Hiley, who passed away earlier this year. Paavo Pylkkänen, pictured here, was a good friend and close collaborator of Basil’s. Sir Roger Penrose will be the final speaker. indico.cern.ch/event/1543974/

“Gödel's Loophole is a supposed "inner contradiction" in the Constitution of the United States which Gödel postulated in 1947. The loophole would permit America's republican structure to be legally turned into a dictatorship.”

That's what Gödel said. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6...

On my way to Helsinki to give a keynote: “Method and creativity: Toward AI tools for constructively divergent thinking”, as part of Method and Convergence 2025 www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...

Fantastic to see this empirical demonstration of how people can specifically control their decision bias, separately from performance. Terrific work by Clémence Compain and brilliant supervision and vision from @maxinesherman.bsky.social

Very soon @IP_SAS Responsible AI conference at Univ of London, Senate House, 19-20 May. Rob Reich (Stanford), Julia Hass, Laura Weidinger (Google DeepMind) Rachel Sterkin (HKU), Kate Vredndenbugh (LSE), James Kirkpatrick (Ox) Nora Ni LoiDeain, Barry Smith (SAS) philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Our situation, in prose poetry.

Next week at @ucl.ac.uk, reps from two approaches in physics, the quantum potential (Bohm) and the dynamic universe (Suntola), will seek common ground. I'll close the first day with commentary on Pylkkänen's presentation on developments in active information. www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...

AI and wellbeing! Pleased to be a part of the discussion this Friday at Sussex. "Opportunities, threats and responsibilities" indeed. Hoping to learn a lot from my fellow panelists/speakers/attendees.

Looking forward to being a part of the virtual conference on AI in Production this Wednesday (12th March). I'll be giving a (brief) talk at 7pm UK time: "Machine Consciousness? Get Real!" Register here to join us! lnkd.in/dsF2kHuF @pacoid.bsky.social

Looking forward to Sussex AI Day today! www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bri...

@chrisley.bsky.social presenting his super interesting work testing LLMs capacity for mental imagery.

On my way to Bristol to give a keynote at this year’s Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour conference. My title: “Generative AI and Mental Imagery”. What should we say about AI systems that fail tests for aphantasia, and do so for the “right” reasons?

This looks fascinating! And it's free to download for the next month.

Back at the Dharma Sangha Zen Centre Johanneshof in the Black Forest for a Society for Mind-Matter Research (mindmatter.de) workshop. Theme: Relations & Relata; my talk: “Symmetric Metaphysics?”. Tranquil setting, delicious food, wise & knowledgeable colleagues!

New piece up (co-authored with Itamar Arel) on solving the challenges of voice-based AI. www.unite.ai/ai-powered-v...

Hello everyone! Very new here. Sorry to start with a boring question, but couldn’t find the answer myself: how do I get my notification numbers to decrease/reset(on iOS)? Simply looking at the notifications doesn’t do it.