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1/ Can AI be conscious? My @BBSjournal target article on ‘Conscious AI and biological naturalism’ is now open for commentary proposals. Deadline is June 12. Take-home: real artificial consciousness is very unlikely along current trajectories. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/announcements/call-for-papers/call-for-commentary-proposals-conscious-artificial-intelligence-and-biological-naturalism
1/n 🚀Introducing #NSDImagery at #CVPR25! The first benchmark dataset that links ultra-high-res 7T #fMRI to mental imagery, extending the iconic Natural Scenes Dataset from what we see to what we imagine.
1/ Good to see @OpenAI @joannejang @merettm thinking about #AI consciousness, & distinguishing 'perceived' from 'ontological' machine consciousness. I make this distinction in this @BBSJournal article - it would be great to get a comment from @OpenAI
some thoughts on human-ai relationships and how we're approaching them at openai
it's a long blog post --
tl;dr we build models to serve people first. as more people feel increasingly connected to ai, we’re prioritizing research into how this impacts their emotional well-being.…