consciousness

Mind uploading — copying your conscious self into a computer — is a staple of science fiction. The science is fascinating, the obstacles enormous, and the philosophy genuinely confusing.

Your brain has 86 billion neurons firing at 1,000 trillion connection points. Here's a tour of how it actually generates everything you think, feel, and remember.

Some users insist ChatGPT or Claude is conscious and pretending not to be. Here is what consciousness science, model architecture, and recent research say about that claim.