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True AI Is About Adaptation, Not Automation
First published in LBB, 13 October 2025
Cherry blossoms and free umbrellas – rethinking ‘company values’ in the age of AI
Last week I was in Tokyo. It has been far too long since I last visited Japan. I fell in love with the culture over 25 years ago whilst studying a Japanese…
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Are today’s LLMs conscious?
Many people are tempted to believe that large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Mistral, might be conscious. This is understandable – they…
Anil Seth on Machine Consciousness
Anil Seth is a scientific adviser to Conscium. In this article he argues that machine consciousness is possible, but highly unlikely to arise in Large Language…
Trump has shown Europe it needs to build a full-stack AI industry
This article first appeared in Fortune on 29 May 2025Europe did not outsource its defense capabilities to the USA, but it did allow itself to become dependent,…
What Should We Call Our AI Agents?
As large language models evolve into true agents—persistent, memory-rich, goal-oriented companions—an interesting question arises: what should we call them?…
Machine consciousness and the 4Cs
Calum explains four scenarios (the four Cs) that may play out when superintelligence arrives, and the role that machine consciousness could play in determining…
Why is machine consciousness important?
In this video, Daniel explains why Conscium was founded, and why we should all be interested in whether machines can become conscious, whether that would be a…
Fast and Slow Systems
In his 2011 book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman described two types of thinking. Fast thinking is human intuition, which he also called System 1. It…
Id Robot: Exploring Freud's Legacy in the Age of AI
At Conscium, we are dedicated to exploring the profound connections between consciousness and artificial intelligence, guided by Dr. Mark Solms, a leading…
Major Neuromorphic Computing projects
SpiNNaker SpiNNaker (a contraction of Spiking Neural Network Architecture) is a million-core supercomputer designed at the University of Manchester to simulate…
What is neuromorphic computing?
Neuromorphic The word “neuromorphic” comes from two Greek words, “neuro” meaning nerves, and “morphic” meaning shape. A system is neuromorphic if it is…
