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Winner announced: Anil Seth (@anilkseth) 2025 Berggruen Essay Prize 🏆
Selected from ~3,000 submissions worldwide, Seth’s “The Mythology of Conscious AI” challenges the idea that computation alone can give rise to conscious experience—and explores the ethical risks of
Tomorrow in Amsterdam I’ll give a talk about my most recent work on abstractions and world modelling
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Will conscious-seeming AI make us more vulnerable to manipulation?
Neuroscientist Anil Seth @anilkseth argues that watching AIs converse in Reddit-like forums intensifies our natural bias to see minds and intentions where none exist. #Moltbook