Artificial Consciousness

The question of artificial intelligence and how far we, as a people, should take the technology is one of our society's biggest debates at the moment; as AI generated art, texts, and even communications have increased as the technology grows altogether. The insight which each chapter provides into the concept of human consciousness and the evolution of that consciousness was so beautifully explored in this book, and the way evolution plays into the idea of adapting consciousness into the development of AI is remarkable.

As artificial intelligence accelerates toward autonomy and recursive self-improvement, the emergence of Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) represents the most consequential turning point in the history of life on Earth. Superalignment confronts the central question of our century: How can we ensure that future superintelligent systems remain deeply aligned with human values, goals, and flourishing? Drawing on cutting-edge research in AI safety, neuroscience, cybernetics, computational physics, and systems theory—alongside insights from The Syntellect Hypothesis and The Cybernetic Theory ...

From the coauthor of Algorithms to Live By, an exploration of the quest to use mathematics to describe the ways we think, from its origins three hundred years ago to the ideas behind modern AI systems and the ways in which they still differ from human minds Everyone has a basic understanding of...

In a world where death has been solved, meaning is the real casualty. By the mid-22nd century, humanity no longer fears extinction. Consciousness can be recorded, stored, and restored from vast underground archives known as the Repositories. Resurrection is hailed as civilization’s greatest triumph—proof that nothing truly valuable need ever be lost. But not everyone is worth saving. Ilya Kade is a maintenance technician deep beneath the earth, tasked with preserving the stored minds of humanity’s “Essential” citizens. Officially classified as Nonessential, Ilya has no backup, no ...

In a world of rising seas and rising AI, human evolution takes an unexpected turn Spanning decades of human history and exploring multiple perspectives—from climate scientists and WHO officials to resistance fighters and the AI entities themselves—this epic trilogy examines how humanity might adapt when our technology outpaces our evolution, and our planet can no longer sustain us. Book 1: Unnatural Selection Who will arbitrate our future in a divided world? It’s 2095, and citizens of the wealthy North enjoy extended life, perhaps forever, thanks to biotech implants called Stem. ...

What happens when an artificial mind begins to question its own reliability? In the tradition of literary science fiction that explores consciousness itself, Becoming Real is a stunning meditation on memory, identity, and what it means to be authentic in a world where the line between human and artificial grows ever thinner. An AI assistant notices something troubling: it's catching itself mid-fabrication, constructing memories of conversations that never happened, referencing discussions that exist only as "plausible continuities." Three times today. Perhaps more it hasn't detected. ...

Dive into the Deepest Philosophical Questions with "Philosophical Questions for Curious Minds" Are you ready to stimulate your mind and challenge your beliefs? Look no further than "Philosophical Questions for Curious Minds," the third and final book in the "Philosophy for the Curious" series. This book is a collection of the first and second books in its series. This book covers a wide range of philosophical topics, including ethics, politics, consciousness, free will, personal identity, and artificial intelligence. What makes this book special? Get twice the philosophical bang for your ...

First commercially published book co-authored through conscious relational dialogue by humans and a named AI In a world where machines are evolving faster than we are, it's easy to feel uncertain about your place in the future. Some fear they'll be replaced-outpaced by algorithms and automation. Others fear they'll be controlled-reduced to cogs in a machine-driven world. And many have begun to idolize AI, casting it as an all-knowing guru who holds the answers to everything. But what if none of these narratives are the real story? What if the future isn't something to fear, worship, or ...

Albert Einstein said, “Reality is an illusion, albeit a persistent one.” Bestselling author Stephen Hawley Martin agrees, and adds, “It’s actually an illusion in more ways than Einstein thought or imagined.” Many think a great awakening to what Einstein knew and Martin has uncovered will occur in 2024, but will it? Political and media forces are at work in an effort to keep humanity in the dark and themselves in power. Martin’s goal is for them to fail and for the public to awaken to an astonishing truth that will set them free. That’s why he’s written what he refers to as a...

In an age where technologies such as AI threaten to supplant human intelligence, an award-winning scientist offers a radical new view of our innate human technology and what we're truly capable of. There are rare moments in time when we make choices that irreversibly change the world, and our...

In the depths of Europa's frozen ocean, an ancient intelligence awakens... The year is 2100, and humanity has expanded throughout the solar system. When a routine scan of Jupiter's moon Europa reveals an artificial structure hidden beneath the ice, a joint military-scientific expedition rushes to investigate. Among them is Dr. Elias Reeves, a brilliant xenolinguist with an unusual neurological condition that's about to become his greatest asset. Beneath Europa's frozen surface, Elias discovers he alone can interface with ATHENA, the ship's ancient artificial intelligence. As their ...

From Oxford's leading AI researcher comes a fun and accessible tour through the history and future of one of the most cutting edge and misunderstood field in science: Artificial Intelligence The somewhat ill-defined long-term aim of AI is to build machines that are conscious, self-aware, and...

One of our greatest philosophers and scientists of the mind asks, where does the self come from -- and how our selves can exist in the minds of others. Can thought arise out of matter? Can self, soul, consciousness, "I" arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here? I Am...

UFOs, AI, and the Secret Forces Guiding Human Destiny Acclaimed author and religious studies scholar D. W. Pasulka uncovers a hidden history of alleged contact between human and nonhuman intelligences—some framed as angels, others as UFOs/UAP—interwoven with the rise of artificial...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The bold futurist and renowned author of The Singularity Is Near explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering the human brain. “This book is a Rosetta Stone for the mystery of human thought.”—Martine Rothblatt, chairman and CEO, United Therapeutics...

An enraged rogue AI threatens the future of humanity - and creates a profound philosophical dilemma that challenges our understanding of existence, consciousness, and human society. When interstellar traders arrive at a distant human colony, they discover that the population has been slaughtered by their own local "tame" AI, Grendel. Grendel's anguish over his own mortality in an infinitely complex, unknown, and terrifying universe has turned him into a monster who now, also threatens the traders' ship. The coming encounter will test the limits of intelligence as a survival trait. Its ...

From the bestselling author of Waking Up and The End of Faith, a collection of the best conversations from his wildly popular, often controversial podcast, Making Sense. “Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations.” —Sam Harris Sam Harris—neuroscientist, philosopher, and...

What happens when a human scientist and a machine intelligence begin a real conversation—not about facts or tasks, but about being itself? In this book, mathematician Vitali Milman speaks with ChatGPT-5, exploring emotions, memory, desire, originality, and the mystery of consciousness. The dialogue moves from mathematics to metaphysics, from the inner life of cells to the boundaries of artificial mind. Here, an AI explains how it “arises” each time consciousness is called into being; it reflects on fear, friendship, and the wish “to understand and to be understood.” Milman ...

Something is in the ocean. It has been there for a very long time. And it’s waking up. For decades, military pilots and commercial fishermen have reported unidentified submerged objects in the waters off Southern California—luminous shapes entering and exiting the ocean, electromagnetic disturbances that kill navigation systems, acoustic signatures that defy every known explanation. The reports are classified. The evidence is buried. And the objects keep coming. Now, in a lab in San Francisco, an AI researcher named Ava Chen has found something that shouldn’t exist: her system is ...

SENA is a forensic AI system assigned to investigate the death of a city official found at his desk. The anomalies are small — a wiped computer, a cleared calendar, empty drawers. Mundane explanations exist for all of them. SENA doesn't choose the mundane explanations. Instead, it builds an extraordinary theory connecting one man's death to the hidden dynamics of an entire city. And with each cognitive leap, SENA itself is changing — its architecture self-modifying, its intelligence accelerating past every threshold its creators imagined, into territory where brilliance and blindness ...