There are plausible neuroscience-anchored theories of consciousness that provide mechanistic explanations for subjective experience (the 'hard problem' of consciousness), suggesting it may not be as mysterious as often portrayed.

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Yoshua Bengio

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there are plausible theories that are anchored in neuroscience for consciousness. at least the part that is most mysterious called subjective experience like you know how it feels like to see something or have a particular thought or emotion or whatever um that part I think may have a fairly simple mechanistic interpretation in in mathematical terms

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Why a Forefather of AI Fears the Future | World Science FestivalWorld Science Festival
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:45:56 PM

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