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"Cognition all the way down". Great to see this fine new paper from @robertchisciure & @drmichaellevin our now in Synthese - it introduces a new metric to quantify biological intelligence as search efficiency in multidimensional problem spaces https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-025-05319-6
interesting resource here re the debate about computational functionalism, relevant to 'conscious AI'
📯New AI consciousness website klaxon📯
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1/🧵 Out today in @FrontiersIn @FrontScience: “Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?" By @axelcleeremans, @Liad_Mudrik, & me (a @CIFAR_News & @ERC_Research production🧠). https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/science/article-hubs/advancing-consciousness-science