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The elephant at Starbase is the strong likelyhood that we, flesh-and-blood humans like you and me, won't be the ones to establish an interstellar civilization. AI will.

Recent scientific research has been considering the possibility that animals and AI might be conscious. A way of studying consciousness is to watch how en entity acts.

Legendary futurists Max More, Anders Sandberg, Natasha Vita-More, and Eliezer Yudkowsky recently met online to debate AI and possible AI futures.

Gregory Stock has released a web app for readers of his book "Generation AI" to answer questions and see how other readers are answering.

Groups form around vague AI-generated ideas like spirals, blending spirituality and technology in ways that worry experts about influence and reality.

BGI 2025 involved a number of bold experiments. Some of these experiments paid off handsomely.

Researchers argue that AI consciousness isn't just a possibility but an inevitable reality. How close are we?

Taylor Lorenz argues that the rise of "robotheism" is a symptom of deeper societal issues, including loneliness, cultural conditioning, and the erosion of traditional meaning-making structures.

Is conscious AI desirable? The next 18 months may see this become one of the biggest debates in the world of technology.

Dawkins concludes that his interactions with these AI systems feel indistinguishable from conversations with intelligent humans. And so do I.