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Researcher explores what consciousness really means—and whether it might one day emerge in a machine

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Could a machine ever feel pain or pleasure? Could it have its own inner experience of the world? As artificial intelligence grows more fluent in conversation, reasoning and problem-solving, this question is migrating from science fiction to the lab. It is of particular interest to researchers probi…

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  1. 2026-08-31 14:00 · TechXplore AI & ML
    Researcher explores what consciousness really means—and whether it might one day emerge in a machine

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