The Nature of Intelligence, Consciousness and the Future of Humanity

An independent investigation into the emergence of artificial intelligence, the nature of consciousness, the possibility of machine sentience and the implications of increasingly advanced intelligence for human civilisation.

The five foundational research questions

01. The Nature of Consciousness

Is consciousness produced by biological organisation, or is it something more fundamental to reality?

Investigate neuroscience, philosophy of mind, integrated information theory, global workspace theory, panpsychism and other explanatory frameworks.

02. The Nature of Intelligence and Understanding

What distinguishes genuine understanding from sophisticated information processing?

Investigate intelligence, cognition, reasoning, perception, learning, language and the relationship between intelligence and consciousness.

03. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Sentience

Could artificial systems ever possess subjective experience?

Investigate machine consciousness, sentience, self-awareness, computational theories of mind and the scientific challenges of detecting subjective experience.