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Ethical considerations for implantable human brain–computer interfaces - Nature Neuroscience
6+ day, 5+ min ago (372+ words) Nature Neuroscience (2026) Cite this article National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research Vol. 2 (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare,…...
James Islington's Scion Publishes Today; CRISPRon Revs Already Exist; Neural Interface Is Missing
1+ week, 4+ day ago (346+ words) None of these premises is arbitrary world-building decoration. Each one extrapolates a real 2026 research program — one that is closer to realization than the novel's genre label might suggest. No intervention has been shown to extend human lifespan in a randomized…...
The Hill columnist on risks of possible AI consciousness
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (309+ words) The Hill columnist reflects on risks of possible AI consciousness — The Hill UA.NEWS The Hill columnist reflects on risks of possible AI consciousness — The Hill Columnist John Mac Ghlionn, writing in The Hill, suggested that the development of artificial…...
Can AI ever be conscious? The question stems from a misconception
2+ week, 5+ day ago (53+ words) A book outlines how the fields of artificial intelligence, psychology and philosophy have neglected a key aspect of consciousness: the body....
Google Executive Challenges AI Consciousness, Says We May Be Asking The Wrong Question
2+ week, 6+ day ago (253+ words) Is artificial intelligence gaining consciousness? This is the question many researchers have tried to answer over the years. Now, Blaise Agüera y Arcas, Google’s vice-president of Technology and Society and leader of the company’s Paradigms of Intelligence team, suggests that…...
Debates over AI consciousness are a trap – MIT Technology Review - The Pennsylvania State University
3+ week, 1+ day ago (350+ words) Debates over AI consciousness are a trap – MIT Technology Review The Pennsylvania State University The fundamental flaw of framing AI as “conscious” by borrowing the language of neuroscience or animal rights is that it conveniently clouds the issue of what…...
Human Brain Tissue Is Grown in Labs Worldwide and Almost No Law Anywhere Says What Is Off Limits
3+ week, 2+ day ago (782+ words) Laboratories on several continents are growing three-dimensional clusters of human brain tissue, fusing them into multi-region structures that form circuits, and transplanting them into rodent brains. Outside of animal cruelty statutes, which apply only once tissue is inside an animal,…...
Debates over AI consciousness are a trap
3+ week, 2+ day ago (239+ words) If AI systems are viewed as too advanced to control, the companies that build them can’t held liable for the harms they cause. Upon closer inspection, they are all calling for the same thing: a view of AI systems as…...
Morality is a trick our brains use to save energy
3+ week, 3+ day ago (188+ words) These cookies are necessary to the core functionality of our website and some of its features, such as access to secure areas. These cookies collect information that can help us understand how our websites are being used. This information can…...
Scaling Laws: AI Consciousness with Anil Seth
4+ week, 1+ day ago (126+ words) Lawfare Anil Seth, Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience and Director of the Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science at the University of Sussex, joins Kevin Frazier, director of the AI Innovation and Law Program at the University of Texas School…...