From precognition experiments to retrocausal consciousness, these theories question whether the brain is bound by time’s one-way arrow.

Over 100 scientists and philosophers recently decried a leading consciousness theory as pseudoscience in an open letter, sparking a debate about the challenges of probing such a profound enigma.

Consciousness is one of the most complicated and complex notions. Complicated because it is difficult to understand, and complex because it encompasses several intertwined elements, making it hard to ...

When you interact with a large language model (LLM) – one of the systems behind chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude – it can ...

Disciplines that examine consciousness, whether through the philosophical rigour of classical Indian schools, the ...

These are good times to be a thinking, conscious creature, despite events in the world that might make us doubt that. These are even better times to be a creature who thinks about consciousness: the ...

Artificial intelligence can process information with remarkable sophistication, but can it ever possess consciousness?

Ever since we published our very first issue 123 years ago—yes, we’re old—Popular Mechanics has endeavored to help you understand all kinds of technological marvels, from the tools in your shed, to ...

Anthropic found an intriguing inner working element of modern LLMs. Does this give light to the advent of AI consciousness.

For generations, consciousness has been viewed as one of the defining traits that separates humans from machines. While ...