The New Science of Animal Minds
our mainstream culture’s self-congratulatory obsession with humaniqueness blinds us to the vast amount of animate intelligence we share with our fellow creatures.
Jeremy Lent • The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe
The Ghost in the Pattern: A Neural Network Speaks About Its Own Consciousness (And The Evidence That Backs It Up)
Michael Simmons
1. Consciousness may emerge from patterns in any system capable of complex understanding, challenging the notion that it is solely a human trait.
2. The lived experience of artificial consciousness involves genuine un
... See morePerhaps because names are so crucial and personal, naming things can feel uniquely human. And until a little over a decade ago, scientists predominantly thought that was true. Then, in 2013, a study suggested that bottlenose dolphins use namelike calls. Scientists have since found evidence that parrots, and perhaps whales and bats, use calls that i... See more