Anil Seth
@anilseth.bsky.social
Neuroscientist: consciousness, perception, and Dreamachines. Author of Being You - A New Science of Consciousness.
What’s it cracked up to be?
November 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
What’s it cracked up to be?
Thank you! Never enough time …
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Thank you! Never enough time …
15/ & if you’re still around, check out my Voltaire Lecture for @humanists.uk, happening for hallowe’en tomorrow, 7:30pm GMT at Conway Hall, London, live and online 👻: humanists.uk/2025/07/23/n...
Neuroscientist Anil Seth to explore AI and the nature of consciousness in 2025 Voltaire Lecture
Humanists UK has announced that neuroscientist and bestselling author Professor Anil Seth will deliver the 2025 Voltaire Lecture on the topic of artificial intelligence and the science of consciousnes...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
15/ & if you’re still around, check out my Voltaire Lecture for @humanists.uk, happening for hallowe’en tomorrow, 7:30pm GMT at Conway Hall, London, live and online 👻: humanists.uk/2025/07/23/n...
14/ Many thanks to @frontiersin.bsky.social for inviting this piece, to our reviewers and editors, and also to @smfleming.bsky.social for all his help along the way. Here’s the lead article once again – open access of course: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Frontiers | Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?
Understanding the biophysical basis of consciousness remains a substantial challenge for 21st-century science. This endeavor is becoming even more pressing i...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
14/ Many thanks to @frontiersin.bsky.social for inviting this piece, to our reviewers and editors, and also to @smfleming.bsky.social for all his help along the way. Here’s the lead article once again – open access of course: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
13/ … and there’s more to come! Look out for a Policy Outlook on “AI and the future of consciousness science: ethical and policy implications” from the International Neuroethics Society – coming soon 🤓, and check out the press release: www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/10...
Scientists on ‘urgent’ quest to explain consciousness as AI gathers pace
As AI—and the ethical debate surrounding it—accelerates, scientists argue that understanding consciousness is now more urgent than ever.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
13/ … and there’s more to come! Look out for a Policy Outlook on “AI and the future of consciousness science: ethical and policy implications” from the International Neuroethics Society – coming soon 🤓, and check out the press release: www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/10...
12/ The three of us will be discussing this article, and consciousness science generally, at a @FrontiersIn online “Deep Dive” on 25th Nov, 4pm CET. Register here (its free): events.frontiersin.org/consciousnes...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
12/ The three of us will be discussing this article, and consciousness science generally, at a @FrontiersIn online “Deep Dive” on 25th Nov, 4pm CET. Register here (its free): events.frontiersin.org/consciousnes...
11/ We also wrote an accompanying piece specifically for young readers, in Frontiers for Young Minds: “The search for consciousness – from humans to machines” – reviewed by Nicanor, aged 8 😊 kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
The Search for Consciousness—From Humans to Machines
What is consciousness, and how can we tell who—or what—has it? Consciousness is the ability to have experiences, such as seeing, feeling, thinking, or knowing that you exist. Scientists believe it dep...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
11/ We also wrote an accompanying piece specifically for young readers, in Frontiers for Young Minds: “The search for consciousness – from humans to machines” – reviewed by Nicanor, aged 8 😊 kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
10/ See this ‘explainer’ for a quick summary www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci... & check out all the relevant content at the ‘article hub’ www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Advancing consciousness science
Defining new directions in consciousness research and exploring implications for medicine, technology, and ethics
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October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
10/ See this ‘explainer’ for a quick summary www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci... & check out all the relevant content at the ‘article hub’ www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
9/ and an editorial from Karnig Kazazian and Adrian Owen @comadork.bsky.social: “Consciousness science at a crossroads: lessons from disorders of consciousness”: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Frontiers | Consciousness science at a crossroads: lessons from disorders of consciousness
• Detecting covert awareness challenges long-standing assumptions about prognosis and end-of-life decisions, requiring new legal, ethical, and clinical frame...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
9/ and an editorial from Karnig Kazazian and Adrian Owen @comadork.bsky.social: “Consciousness science at a crossroads: lessons from disorders of consciousness”: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
8/ and Thomas Metzinger @metzinger.bsky.social: “Applied ethics: synthetic phenomenology will not go away” www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Frontiers | Applied ethics: synthetic phenomenology will not go away
Key points • The ethics of synthetic phenomenology is quickly gaining prominence, and the academic consciousness research community will increasingly will in...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
8/ and Thomas Metzinger @metzinger.bsky.social: “Applied ethics: synthetic phenomenology will not go away” www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
7/ This lead article is accompanied by some excellent viewpoint pieces, including @lucinauddin.bsky.social: “What we (can) know about consciousness” www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Frontiers | What we (can) know about consciousness
Gradually returning to consciousness while emerging from general anesthesia after surgery this morning, my disorientation slowly gave way to a realization. N...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
7/ This lead article is accompanied by some excellent viewpoint pieces, including @lucinauddin.bsky.social: “What we (can) know about consciousness” www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
6/ “Solving consciousness”—even partially—will have profound implications across science, medicine, animal welfare, law, and technology development, reshaping how we see ourselves and our relationships to both AI and the natural world
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
6/ “Solving consciousness”—even partially—will have profound implications across science, medicine, animal welfare, law, and technology development, reshaping how we see ourselves and our relationships to both AI and the natural world
5/ Consciousness research may benefit from a stronger focus on the phenomenological, experiential aspects of conscious experiences
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
5/ Consciousness research may benefit from a stronger focus on the phenomenological, experiential aspects of conscious experiences
4/ There are many paths to future breakthroughs, including ‘computational (neuro)phenomenology’, adversarial collaborations, and ecological experimental design.
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
4/ There are many paths to future breakthroughs, including ‘computational (neuro)phenomenology’, adversarial collaborations, and ecological experimental design.