Claims that plants have conscious experiences have increased in recent years and have
received wide coverage, from the popular media to scientific journals. Such claims are …

The study of consciousness has gained momentum in recent years by the scientific
community. In this same sense, the relationship between cognitive sciences and artificial …

Human brain size nearly quadrupled in the six million years since Homo last shared a
common ancestor with chimpanzees, but human brains are thought to have decreased in …

Theories of consciousness and cognition that assume a neural substrate automatically
regard phylogenetically basal, nonneural systems as nonconscious and noncognitive. Here …

In this paper, we introduce an active inference model of ant colony foraging behavior, and
implement the model in a series of in silico experiments. Active inference is a multiscale …

This paper assesses two different theories for explaining consciousness, a phenomenon
that is widely considered amenable to scientific investigation despite its puzzling subjective …

The question “are garden snails conscious?” or equivalently “is there something it's like to
be a garden snail?” admits of three possible answers: yes, no, and denial that the question …

For consciousness to exist, an entity must have prerequisite characteristics and attributes to
give rise to it. We explore these “building blocks” of consciousness in detail in this paper …

It may soon be possible for neurotechnology to connect two subjects' brains such that they
share a single token mental state, such as a feeling of pleasure or displeasure. How will our …

Artificial Intelligence Governance under Change Page 1 Artificial Intelligence Governance under
Change Foundations, Facets, Frameworks By Matthijs M. Maas This dissertation submitted in …