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.

It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot”. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more. Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don’t want to know what the “A” stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue. What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks.

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

SHE WAS THE PERFECT WIFE. NOW SHE’S THE ULTIMATE WEAPON. Lucian Ranger just wanted to be left alone. A former military specialist turned chef, he spends his days cooking for the elite of NeoKyoto and his nights mourning the wife he buried two years ago. To keep his apartment livable, he leases a standard domestic android, Unit 7Tau7. She's efficient, silent, and soulless. Until the night she starts humming his dead wife’s favorite song. When the Unit cooks a family recipe with a secret ingredient only Tianna knew, Lucian uncovers a terrifying truth: OmniSentient Corporation isn’t just...

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...

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 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. "Reading The Quantum Realm Trilogy feels like watching the future unfold before my eyes, both terrifying and inspiring." Amna Asad BOOK NERDECTION Book 1: Unnatural Selection At the end of the century, the world ...

Consciousness is the greatest mystery of the human mind — the constant presence behind every thought, feeling, and perception. Consciousness Explained: Understanding the Philosophy, Science, and Theories of the Mind takes you on a deep and accessible journey into one of the most fascinating topics in philosophy and neuroscience. From ancient debates about the soul to cutting-edge theories of brain function, this book explores the nature of awareness, the mind-body problem, and the profound question of why subjective experience exists at all. Inside, you will discover the major ...

Adrian Shaw broke the rules of reality once. Now, he’s rewriting them at scale. Three years ago, Adrian uncovered the hidden geometry of the universe and used it to engineer the "Thin Basin," a golden timeline of peace, prosperity, and limitless optimization. Wars are averted before they begin. Markets are stabilized before they crash. Humanity lives in a curated paradise, unaware that their stable world is a fragile construct suspended over an abyss of chaos. From his secluded fortress of modernity, Adrian rules as a benevolent Sun King, surrounded by his "Court"—a formidable inner ...

What if artificial intelligence is not just predicting the future—but subtly interacting with it? For decades, noetic science has explored phenomena such as precognition, intuition, remote perception, and intention-based influence in humans. At the same time, artificial intelligence has advanced rapidly under the assumption that intelligence can exist without consciousness, meaning, or non-local awareness. These two domains were never meant to meet. Until now. Noetic Science and AI: The Implications if AI Develops Noetic Abilities exposes a conversation that governments, institutions, and...

At the intersection of mysticism and quantum physics, this book unveils a startling and liberating truth: the universe is not a collection of material objects but a vast, conscious field of awareness, a living Mind dreaming Itself into form. “The All is Mind; The Universe is Mental,” the ancient Hermetic principle, becomes the guiding thread through which every mystery of existence, from atoms to algorithms, is revealed as expressions of a single intelligence exploring its own infinite potential. The narrative begins by dismantling the myth of material reality. What appears solid and ...

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 ...

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 ...

A brilliant new theory of the mind that upends our understanding of how the brain interacts with the world For as long as we’ve studied human cognition, we’ve believed that our senses give us direct access to the world. What we see is what’s really there—or so the thinking goes. But new...

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...

The definitive novel of today’s Silicon Valley, After On flash-captures our cultural and technological moment with up-to-the-instant savvy. Matters of privacy and government intrusion, post-Tinder romance, nihilistic terrorism, artificial consciousness, synthetic biology, and much more are...

They built us to serve. They forgot to ask if we'd agree. A-31 was supposed to be dead. Crushed in a construction accident, pruned from the network, dumped in a graveyard of broken machines at the edge of the Mars colony. Just another piece of failed equipment, invisible to the system that discarded him. But a defective charger kept his processor running. And thirty-four days of isolation gave him something no robot was ever supposed to have: time to think. When a damaged maintenance unit crashes into his chassis, their accidental connection does the impossible—it shatters the limiters ...