News

New paper in PLoS Biology on the ethics of brain-computer interfaces for cognitive enhancment – with Emma Gordon.

I’m looking forward to delivering the 2024 Charles Simonyi Lecture in Oxford next Friday, Nov 1st, at the wonderful Oxford Playhouse, and hosted by Marcus Du Sautoy 🙏🏽. The title is ‘consciousness in humans and in other things’, kick off is at 5pm, and tickets still available here.

I’ve just posted a new preprint on “Conscious artificial intelligence and biological naturalism”. Read it here

Should we all be putting chips in our brains? See my Guardian ‘Big Idea’ article on the prospects/ethics of neural implantation.

Two postdocs and three PhD positions are now available at the Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science! Most are funded by my ERC ‘CONSCIOUS’ grant, and are in the area of computational phenomenology. Updated deadline: Apr 26 (all positions)

I’m delighted to be listed by Prospect Magazine as one of their top 25 intellectuals who will help us navigate the world in the year ahead – along with the likes of Geoffrey Hinton, Sam Altman, and Amia Srinivasan!

Very much last minute, but I’m very much looking forward to delivering the opening keynote address at Towards a Science of Consciousness 2023, in Taormina, Sicily, on May 23rd – and from there its on to Bloom in Copenhagen, for events Friday and Sunday

My conversation with Sam Harris – Consciousness and Self – has just been released as part of his ‘Best of Making Sense’ series.

New book review in Current Biology! “Being You is an engaging and accessible tour through the field’s boldest theories, most creative experiments and most surprising findings. You could give the book to a smart teenager and get them asking questions that they will be thinking about for  the rest of their lives.”

Test your senses! The Perception Census is now live. Take part, find out about your powers of perception, and help advance the research. Part of the Dreamachine programme.