Mark Solms vs Nick Humphrey debate: can we make AIs sentient?
cccalum · x · 2026-11-03
To mark the publication of "Perspectives on Machine Consciousness", Conscium hosts a live webinar debate on Nov 3 between two leading consciousness scientists. Mark Solms argues consciousness is rooted in brainstem feeling and is building homeostasis-driven AI agents via Friston's free energy principle; Nick Humphrey locates phenomenal consciousness in the cortex, restricted to social animals with a sense of self. Topic: can we make AIs sentient — and should we?
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