Anil Seth
@anilseth.bsky.social
Neuroscientist: consciousness, perception, and Dreamachines. Author of Being You - A New Science of Consciousness.
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Advancing consciousness science
Defining new directions in consciousness research and exploring implications for medicine, technology, and ethics
www.frontiersin.org
1/🧵 Out today in @frontiersin.bsky.social : “Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?” By @axc.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social, & me (a CIFAR & @erc.europa.eu production 🧠). www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
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Happy to be on this new paper: "Identifying indicators of consciousness in AI systems" - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... The paper expands on some of the methodological points made in the Butlin et al. 2023 report on AI Consciousness.
Identifying indicators of consciousness in AI systems
Rapid progress in artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities has drawn fresh attention to the prospect of consciousness in AI. There is an urgent need …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Happy to be on this new paper: "Identifying indicators of consciousness in AI systems" - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... The paper expands on some of the methodological points made in the Butlin et al. 2023 report on AI Consciousness.
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The last talk on the second day of the #NaturalPhilosophy Symposium was Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social on Can AI Be Conscious? Commentary by E.J. Green.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzvs...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The last talk on the second day of the #NaturalPhilosophy Symposium was Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social on Can AI Be Conscious? Commentary by E.J. Green.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzvs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzvs...
"Cognition all the way down". Great to see this fine new paper from @robertchisciure.bsky.social & @drmichaellevin.bsky.social out now in Synthese - introducing a new metric to quantify biological intelligence as search efficiency in multidimensional problem spaces link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"Cognition all the way down". Great to see this fine new paper from @robertchisciure.bsky.social & @drmichaellevin.bsky.social out now in Synthese - introducing a new metric to quantify biological intelligence as search efficiency in multidimensional problem spaces link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration | Royal Society Open Science
Science relies on integrity and trustworthiness. But scientists under career pressure
are lured to purchase fake publications from ‘paper mills’ that use AI-generated data,
text and image fabrication....
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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INTERSTELLAR was released 11 years ago today. The 9th feature film of director Christopher Nolan, and one of the biggest science fiction epics of the 21st century, the story of how it was made will have you wondering at our place in the stars…
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November 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
INTERSTELLAR was released 11 years ago today. The 9th feature film of director Christopher Nolan, and one of the biggest science fiction epics of the 21st century, the story of how it was made will have you wondering at our place in the stars…
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Thank you. An absolute honour and a huge pleasure too 🎃👇🏽
An incredible lecture. A massive thank you to @anilseth.bsky.social, to all who joined us at Conway Hall (we had a packed house!), and to the 1000+ people who joined our official livestream too. We hope to see you all again. humanists.uk/2025/11/03/p...
Professor Anil Seth awarded inaugural Rationalist Press Lecture Medal
Humanists UK returned to Conway Hall on 31 October for the 2025 Voltaire Lecture. The event was delivered by neuroscientist Professor Anil Seth, whose work tackles one of philosophy and science’s most...
humanists.uk
November 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Thank you. An absolute honour and a huge pleasure too 🎃👇🏽
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"Your Brain Isn't Hardware Running Software" | Clip of an interview with @anilseth.bsky.social and Michael Levin on Theories Of Everything
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzZl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzZl...
Your Brain Isn't Hardware Running Software
YouTube video by Curt Jaimungal
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November 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Your Brain Isn't Hardware Running Software" | Clip of an interview with @anilseth.bsky.social and Michael Levin on Theories Of Everything
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzZl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzZl...
And it was indeed a huge honour - and a great pleasure too. Thank you @humanists.uk and @andrewcopson.bsky.social 🎃🙏🏽👇🏽
Anil, @andrewcopson.bsky.social says, has the honour of being both the last Voltaire Lecturer and the inaugural Rationalist Press Lecture Medallist.
Congratulations @anilseth.bsky.social, Rationalist Press Medallist 2025!
And that's a wrap. See you all at next year's #RationalistPressLecture!
Congratulations @anilseth.bsky.social, Rationalist Press Medallist 2025!
And that's a wrap. See you all at next year's #RationalistPressLecture!
November 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
And it was indeed a huge honour - and a great pleasure too. Thank you @humanists.uk and @andrewcopson.bsky.social 🎃🙏🏽👇🏽
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There's still time to book your livestream ticket and join us tonight at 19:00 for the #VoltaireLecture with @anilseth.bsky.social. We'll exploring one of the greatest mysteries in science and philosophy – the nature of consciousness itself. Book now!
humanists.uk/events/volta...
humanists.uk/events/volta...
What is consciousness, and could AI have it? | The Voltaire Lecture 2025, with Professor Anil Seth
Professor Anil Seth is a neuroscientist, author, and public speaker who has pioneered research into the brain basis of consciousness for more than 20 years
humanists.uk
October 31, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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1/🧵 Out today in @frontiersin.bsky.social : “Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?” By @axc.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social, & me (a CIFAR & @erc.europa.eu production 🧠). www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Advancing consciousness science
Defining new directions in consciousness research and exploring implications for medicine, technology, and ethics
www.frontiersin.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
1/🧵 Out today in @frontiersin.bsky.social : “Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?” By @axc.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social, & me (a CIFAR & @erc.europa.eu production 🧠). www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
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In an article for Frontiers in Science that ended up taking almost five years to compose, @anilseth.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social and I take stock of consciousness science, consider avenues of progress, and ask “what if we succeed?”
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Advancing consciousness science
Defining new directions in consciousness research and exploring implications for medicine, technology, and ethics
www.frontiersin.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
In an article for Frontiers in Science that ended up taking almost five years to compose, @anilseth.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social and I take stock of consciousness science, consider avenues of progress, and ask “what if we succeed?”
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
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Postdoc job! I expect to have an opening at Johns Hopkins for a postdoctoral researcher working somewhere in the broad realms of physics, philosophy, and complexity. Apply at Academic Jobs Online:
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30496
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30496
Johns Hopkins University, Physics and Astronomy
Job #AJO30496, Postdoctoral Fellow in Foundations of Physics, Complexity, and Emergence, Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, US
academicjobsonline.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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What is consciousness, and could AI have it? It's an honour to be giving the 2025 Voltaire Lecture, this Hallowe'en (Fri 31/10), for @humanists.uk, at @conwayhall.bsky.social in London, 19:30-21:00 (also livestreamed) humanists.uk/events/volta... 👻
What is consciousness, and could AI have it? | The Voltaire Lecture 2025, with Professor Anil Seth
Professor Anil Seth is a neuroscientist, author, and public speaker who has pioneered research into the brain basis of consciousness for more than 20 years
humanists.uk
October 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
What is consciousness, and could AI have it? It's an honour to be giving the 2025 Voltaire Lecture, this Hallowe'en (Fri 31/10), for @humanists.uk, at @conwayhall.bsky.social in London, 19:30-21:00 (also livestreamed) humanists.uk/events/volta... 👻
Good piece in @nature.com by Elizabeth Gibney on the @royalsociety.org Turing Test anniversary event. How did I not clock that Laurence Fishburne was in the crowd?? @garymarcus.bsky.social clear did :-) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
AI language models killed the Turing test: do we even need a replacement?
Chatbots now ace the mathematician's famous imitation game, but imitation never equalled intelligence.
www.nature.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Good piece in @nature.com by Elizabeth Gibney on the @royalsociety.org Turing Test anniversary event. How did I not clock that Laurence Fishburne was in the crowd?? @garymarcus.bsky.social clear did :-) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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**Reminder of presentation+discussion this Thursday**
Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social will elucidate if/how consciousness is related to biological brains.
Join the discussion.
Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social will elucidate if/how consciousness is related to biological brains.
Join the discussion.
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺
Is consciousness tied to biological brains?
Neuro&Philo Salon present+discussion with @anilseth.bsky.social of his BBS target paper!
October 23, noon USA eastern
#neuroskyence
Register: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
Is consciousness tied to biological brains?
Neuro&Philo Salon present+discussion with @anilseth.bsky.social of his BBS target paper!
October 23, noon USA eastern
#neuroskyence
Register: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
**Reminder of presentation+discussion this Thursday**
Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social will elucidate if/how consciousness is related to biological brains.
Join the discussion.
Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social will elucidate if/how consciousness is related to biological brains.
Join the discussion.
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Note that all 5 hours worth of the @royalsociety.org 's recent symposium, "Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Turing Test," with Alan Kay, Gary Marcus, and Sir Nigel Shadbolt, can be found on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/GmnBTCK... (I'm gradually making my way through it...) #AI #science
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Turing Test
YouTube video by The Royal Society
www.youtube.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Note that all 5 hours worth of the @royalsociety.org 's recent symposium, "Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Turing Test," with Alan Kay, Gary Marcus, and Sir Nigel Shadbolt, can be found on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/GmnBTCK... (I'm gradually making my way through it...) #AI #science
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#Hemispherotomy is a surgical treatment for #epilepsy by disconnecting a portion of the #cortex. Michele Colombo, Jacopo Favaro, @anilseth.bsky.social, Marcello Massimini &co show that the isolated cortex has #EEG patterns resembling deep #sleep or #anesthesia @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3J9ci8X
October 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
#Hemispherotomy is a surgical treatment for #epilepsy by disconnecting a portion of the #cortex. Michele Colombo, Jacopo Favaro, @anilseth.bsky.social, Marcello Massimini &co show that the isolated cortex has #EEG patterns resembling deep #sleep or #anesthesia @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3J9ci8X
Thanks @plosbiology.org - but this project was led by Michele Colombo, Jacopo Favoro, & Marcello Massimini - I was delighted to play a minor role in what I think is a terrific study 👇🏽
#Hemispherotomy is a surgical treatment for #epilepsy by disconnecting a portion of the #cortex. @anilseth.bsky.social &co show that the isolated cortex has #EEG patterns resembling deep #sleep or #anesthesia, with slow oscillations & reduced spectral exponent @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3J9ci8X
October 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Thanks @plosbiology.org - but this project was led by Michele Colombo, Jacopo Favoro, & Marcello Massimini - I was delighted to play a minor role in what I think is a terrific study 👇🏽
1/ "Hemispherotomy leads to persistent sleep-like slow waves in the isolated cortex of awake humans" - out now in @plosbiology.org, led by Michele Colombo, Jacopo Favaro, & Marcello Massimini. 🧠
October 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
1/ "Hemispherotomy leads to persistent sleep-like slow waves in the isolated cortex of awake humans" - out now in @plosbiology.org, led by Michele Colombo, Jacopo Favaro, & Marcello Massimini. 🧠
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1/3 How do you correct for multiple comparisons? Do you take into account *all* comparisons that can render the paper publishable? Most of us don’t. In this NHB piece, Yoav Benjamini, Yoav Zeevi and I argue that it’s time to change our practices >>
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/3 How do you correct for multiple comparisons? Do you take into account *all* comparisons that can render the paper publishable? Most of us don’t. In this NHB piece, Yoav Benjamini, Yoav Zeevi and I argue that it’s time to change our practices >>
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Correction for multiple comparisons should be ubiquitous - Nature Human Behaviour
Nature Human Behaviour - Correction for multiple comparisons should be ubiquitous
www.nature.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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1/3 How do you correct for multiple comparisons? Do you take into account *all* comparisons that can render the paper publishable? Most of us don’t. In this NHB piece, Yoav Benjamini, Yoav Zeevi and I argue that it’s time to change our practices >>
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/3 How do you correct for multiple comparisons? Do you take into account *all* comparisons that can render the paper publishable? Most of us don’t. In this NHB piece, Yoav Benjamini, Yoav Zeevi and I argue that it’s time to change our practices >>
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Sleep is still a bit of a mystery! Beautiful article from @vyazovskiy.bsky.social!
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Two billion humans are doing something bizarre right now: sleeping | Aeon Essays
It is our biggest blind spot, a bizarre experience that befalls us every day, and can’t be explained by our need for rest
aeon.co
October 16, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Sleep is still a bit of a mystery! Beautiful article from @vyazovskiy.bsky.social!
aeon.co/essays/two-b...
aeon.co/essays/two-b...
It's an honour to be speaking, in a few minutes, at the memorial symposium for the greatly missed, and the simply great, Daniel Dennett provost.tufts.edu/events/denne...
Let’s Talk About (Artificial) Consciousness: A Day of Study Honoring Dan Dennett - Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President
Location: Alumnae Lounge, Aidekman Arts Center, Medford/Somerville campus Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 "Let’s Talk About (Artificial) Consciousness: A Day of Study Honoring Dan Dennett" is a sym...
provost.tufts.edu
October 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It's an honour to be speaking, in a few minutes, at the memorial symposium for the greatly missed, and the simply great, Daniel Dennett provost.tufts.edu/events/denne...
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We can explain the universe — but not consciousness.
Anil Seth on why the hardest mystery in science is us.
🎙 Dark Matter, Bright Minds | Kindle Cast
@anilseth.bsky.social #consciousness #darkmatterbrightminds #kindlecast
Anil Seth on why the hardest mystery in science is us.
🎙 Dark Matter, Bright Minds | Kindle Cast
@anilseth.bsky.social #consciousness #darkmatterbrightminds #kindlecast
October 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
We can explain the universe — but not consciousness.
Anil Seth on why the hardest mystery in science is us.
🎙 Dark Matter, Bright Minds | Kindle Cast
@anilseth.bsky.social #consciousness #darkmatterbrightminds #kindlecast
Anil Seth on why the hardest mystery in science is us.
🎙 Dark Matter, Bright Minds | Kindle Cast
@anilseth.bsky.social #consciousness #darkmatterbrightminds #kindlecast
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Reality doesn’t care about your brain.
But your experience of it does.
Anil Seth on dreams, consciousness, and how your brain creates entire worlds.
🎙 Dark Matter, Bright Minds | Kindle Cast
@anilseth.bsky.social #consciousness #darkmatterbrightminds #kindlecast #reality
But your experience of it does.
Anil Seth on dreams, consciousness, and how your brain creates entire worlds.
🎙 Dark Matter, Bright Minds | Kindle Cast
@anilseth.bsky.social #consciousness #darkmatterbrightminds #kindlecast #reality
October 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Reality doesn’t care about your brain.
But your experience of it does.
Anil Seth on dreams, consciousness, and how your brain creates entire worlds.
🎙 Dark Matter, Bright Minds | Kindle Cast
@anilseth.bsky.social #consciousness #darkmatterbrightminds #kindlecast #reality
But your experience of it does.
Anil Seth on dreams, consciousness, and how your brain creates entire worlds.
🎙 Dark Matter, Bright Minds | Kindle Cast
@anilseth.bsky.social #consciousness #darkmatterbrightminds #kindlecast #reality