Jonathan Birch's The Edge of Sentience gets Japanese edition in November
birchlse · x · 2026-10-13
The Japanese edition of Jonathan Birch's The Edge of Sentience (意識の辺縁) arrives in November from Kaiseisha, translated by Shinozaki Taiga, Suzuki Daichi, Sasaki Kento and Takeshita Masashi. The book addresses risk and precaution around possible sentience in humans, other animals, and AI.
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