axel cleeremans
@axc.bsky.social
Brain, minds, & consciousness. Also interested in design, visual arts, biology, space, typography, and anticipation. Also known as « Axel from Belgium »
Can an A.I. experience an orgasm? Until they can, no A.I. is conscious.
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Can an A.I. experience an orgasm? Until they can, no A.I. is conscious.
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abc7news.com/post/openai-... Jesus Fucking Christ.
Over 1 million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly, new OpenAI data reveals
An estimated 1.2 million users reportedly talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly, according to a newly released report from the A.I. giant. This latest revelation comes as the company races to strength...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:11 AM
abc7news.com/post/openai-... Jesus Fucking Christ.
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"... a sense that the field has reached an uneasy stasis."
"... most extant experimental research (...) is geared toward supporting them rather than attempting to falsify or compare them, reflecting a confirmatory posture that hinders progress. "
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
"... most extant experimental research (...) is geared toward supporting them rather than attempting to falsify or compare them, reflecting a confirmatory posture that hinders progress. "
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 1:52 PM
"... a sense that the field has reached an uneasy stasis."
"... most extant experimental research (...) is geared toward supporting them rather than attempting to falsify or compare them, reflecting a confirmatory posture that hinders progress. "
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
"... most extant experimental research (...) is geared toward supporting them rather than attempting to falsify or compare them, reflecting a confirmatory posture that hinders progress. "
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Gratitude to the @erc.europa.eu for supporting my work and that of @anilseth.bsky.social and @liadmudrik.bsky.social
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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.
erc.europa.eu
October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Gratitude to the @erc.europa.eu for supporting my work and that of @anilseth.bsky.social and @liadmudrik.bsky.social
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Goodhart’s law in action:
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October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Goodhart’s law in action:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_j...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_j...
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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...
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...
True Facts: Mating Dance of The Peacock Spider (feat. Quinta Brunson)
YouTube video by Ze Frank
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October 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
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New preprint! Do you prefer to act rather than not to act? We investigate whether the sense of agency is valenced, with Inès Mentec; Charlotte Auger, Murielle Coulibaly, Martine Malaise, Matéo Vandeville, and @axc.bsky.social leveraging explicit and implicit methods.
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October 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
New preprint! Do you prefer to act rather than not to act? We investigate whether the sense of agency is valenced, with Inès Mentec; Charlotte Auger, Murielle Coulibaly, Martine Malaise, Matéo Vandeville, and @axc.bsky.social leveraging explicit and implicit methods.
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📝 Preprint alert 📝
Recent reports showed violations of Bloch's law (aka intensity-duration reciprocity) in visual perception.
Me and @axc.bsky.social reassessed these violations using a modern LCD-based tachistoscope:
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Recent reports showed violations of Bloch's law (aka intensity-duration reciprocity) in visual perception.
Me and @axc.bsky.social reassessed these violations using a modern LCD-based tachistoscope:
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
doi.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
📝 Preprint alert 📝
Recent reports showed violations of Bloch's law (aka intensity-duration reciprocity) in visual perception.
Me and @axc.bsky.social reassessed these violations using a modern LCD-based tachistoscope:
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Recent reports showed violations of Bloch's law (aka intensity-duration reciprocity) in visual perception.
Me and @axc.bsky.social reassessed these violations using a modern LCD-based tachistoscope:
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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We’re live!
A powerful line up of speakers will delve into the topic competitiveness and frontier research - timely to take stock a year after the #DraghiReport and look ahead.
Livestream
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fLC...
Programme
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A powerful line up of speakers will delve into the topic competitiveness and frontier research - timely to take stock a year after the #DraghiReport and look ahead.
Livestream
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fLC...
Programme
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
October 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We’re live!
A powerful line up of speakers will delve into the topic competitiveness and frontier research - timely to take stock a year after the #DraghiReport and look ahead.
Livestream
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fLC...
Programme
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
A powerful line up of speakers will delve into the topic competitiveness and frontier research - timely to take stock a year after the #DraghiReport and look ahead.
Livestream
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fLC...
Programme
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
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The call for commentaries on our BBS paper is out now (deadline October 15): shorturl.at/Hu3Yu. In the paper (shorturl.at/4Rbk6), we provide recommendations and outstanding issues about designing experimental paradigms, analyzing data, and reporting the results of studies on unconscious processing 👇
September 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The call for commentaries on our BBS paper is out now (deadline October 15): shorturl.at/Hu3Yu. In the paper (shorturl.at/4Rbk6), we provide recommendations and outstanding issues about designing experimental paradigms, analyzing data, and reporting the results of studies on unconscious processing 👇
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.@smfleming.bsky.social @onemorebrown.bsky.social and @axc.bsky.social have published a theoretical paper titled “Computational higher-order theories of consciousness” as a book chapter. See the preprint here. philarchive.org/archive/FLECHT
philarchive.org
August 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
.@smfleming.bsky.social @onemorebrown.bsky.social and @axc.bsky.social have published a theoretical paper titled “Computational higher-order theories of consciousness” as a book chapter. See the preprint here. philarchive.org/archive/FLECHT
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The Symposium “ERC Funding in Quantum Science” co-organized with the ÖPG-SPG Meeting Vienna 2025 and the SFB Q-M&S is happening this week in Vienna!
AERG will a host the seminar “The Laser in Quantum Science” by the Nobel Laureate Serge Haroche
More 👉https://oepg-sps-meetingvienna2025.univie.ac.at
AERG will a host the seminar “The Laser in Quantum Science” by the Nobel Laureate Serge Haroche
More 👉https://oepg-sps-meetingvienna2025.univie.ac.at
August 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The Symposium “ERC Funding in Quantum Science” co-organized with the ÖPG-SPG Meeting Vienna 2025 and the SFB Q-M&S is happening this week in Vienna!
AERG will a host the seminar “The Laser in Quantum Science” by the Nobel Laureate Serge Haroche
More 👉https://oepg-sps-meetingvienna2025.univie.ac.at
AERG will a host the seminar “The Laser in Quantum Science” by the Nobel Laureate Serge Haroche
More 👉https://oepg-sps-meetingvienna2025.univie.ac.at
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Outstanding book.
Remarkably prescient and insightful, On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt is a small book that explains a great deal about our time.
The anniversary edition of the international and #1 New York Times bestseller is out now. Learn more and explore a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The anniversary edition of the international and #1 New York Times bestseller is out now. Learn more and explore a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
August 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Outstanding book.
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New lab preprint led by Medha Shekhar in collaboration with @axc.bsky.social. We investigate what drives confidence in decisions of real-world complexity (perception and memory questions about short videos). It turns out confidence is influenced by so many factors!
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OSF
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August 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New lab preprint led by Medha Shekhar in collaboration with @axc.bsky.social. We investigate what drives confidence in decisions of real-world complexity (perception and memory questions about short videos). It turns out confidence is influenced by so many factors!
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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I want to thank @francoisstock.bsky.social, @liadmudrik.bsky.social, and @nfaivre.bsky.social for leading this project with me!🙏
As well as all of the amazing co-authors: @pietroamerio.bsky.social, David Carmel, @axc.bsky.social, Leon Deouell, Zoltan Dienes, Patxi Elosegi,
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As well as all of the amazing co-authors: @pietroamerio.bsky.social, David Carmel, @axc.bsky.social, Leon Deouell, Zoltan Dienes, Patxi Elosegi,
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July 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I want to thank @francoisstock.bsky.social, @liadmudrik.bsky.social, and @nfaivre.bsky.social for leading this project with me!🙏
As well as all of the amazing co-authors: @pietroamerio.bsky.social, David Carmel, @axc.bsky.social, Leon Deouell, Zoltan Dienes, Patxi Elosegi,
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As well as all of the amazing co-authors: @pietroamerio.bsky.social, David Carmel, @axc.bsky.social, Leon Deouell, Zoltan Dienes, Patxi Elosegi,
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Discovering that slimy lego is a thing in the 4 years old community
July 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Discovering that slimy lego is a thing in the 4 years old community
Applications will be processed until filled!
The deadline is approaching! We wait for your applications till Monday, July 21st!
July 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Applications will be processed until filled!
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wtf
Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels.
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After 7 Decades of Measurements From a Peak in Hawaii, Trump’s Budget Would End Them
www.nytimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 2:27 AM
wtf
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There’s a reason Peter Thiel hesitated when asked in a recent interview if he “would prefer the human race to endure”:
Within certain tech circles, pro-extinctionism is a mainstream ideology—and some are trying to realize it.
A must-read by @xriskology.bsky.social
techpolicy.press/digital-euge...
Within certain tech circles, pro-extinctionism is a mainstream ideology—and some are trying to realize it.
A must-read by @xriskology.bsky.social
techpolicy.press/digital-euge...
Digital Eugenics and the Extinction of Humanity | TechPolicy.Press
If we are to combat the AI industry’s push to build digital gods, we have to understand the ideology of the antihumanist project, writes Dr. Émile P. Torres.
techpolicy.press
July 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
There’s a reason Peter Thiel hesitated when asked in a recent interview if he “would prefer the human race to endure”:
Within certain tech circles, pro-extinctionism is a mainstream ideology—and some are trying to realize it.
A must-read by @xriskology.bsky.social
techpolicy.press/digital-euge...
Within certain tech circles, pro-extinctionism is a mainstream ideology—and some are trying to realize it.
A must-read by @xriskology.bsky.social
techpolicy.press/digital-euge...