Are AI Models Conscious?
Ned Block (New York University)

October 15, 2026, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Department of Philosophy, University of Delaware

Gore Recital Hall
Newark 19716
United States

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  • Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science

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There are two opposed perspectives on AI consciousness. Computational functionalism says computational improvements will lead to conscious AI whereas biological naturalism says that biological aspects of animals are necessary for consciousness.  This talk concerns the pros and cons of these two points of view.

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