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Examining why some species developed consciousness while others remained non-conscious
What is the evolutionary advantage of our consciousness? And what can we learn about this from observing birds? Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum published two articles on this topic.

Anthropic overhauled Claude's "Constitution" to enable the AI to generalize and apply broad principles rather than mechanically follow specific rules (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/01/21/anthropic-claude-ai-chatbot-n…

Anthropic rewrites Claude’s guiding principles—and entertains the idea that its AI might have ‘some kind of consciousness or moral status’
The AI company is publishing a new "constitution" that teaches its chatbot how to think, not just what to do.

RE: https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/115817239878843124
Legalize LSD, shrooms, and other classic psychedelics. This was never a war on drugs, it’s always been a war on consciousness IMO.

#Blakes7 Series D, Episode 01 - Rescue
DORIAN: Vila will join you later. Now make your goodbyes. Your lives, your consciousness are over. [Laughs insanely.]
[From above Vila hurries part way down the stairs.]
VILA: Avon. [hands him the gun]
DORIAN: No.

The quest to understand consciousness often feels like searching for an elephant in a room—we're certain it's there because we feel it, yet it remains stubbornly hidden from our scientific and philosophical grasp.
https://geneosophy.com/consciousness-the-elephant-in-t…

Consciousness, the elephant in the room
Consciousness is the holy grail of our quest to comprehend who we are. We feel conscious, there is no doubt about it. But understanding consciousness has been outside our reach so far. It is a strange state of affairs, we have elucidated so many mysteries about the world, thanks to

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
TV on the Radio:
🎵 Caffeinated Consciousness
#TVontheRadio
https://theroundedsquares.bandcamp.com/track/the-rounded-squares-tv-on-the-radio-caffeinated-consciousness
https://open.spotify.com/track/14n7hUzSGcdhUjwLHEymag

Every single day, the whole debacle with Blake Lemoine feels so much more quaint than the mass delusions we’re uncovering now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/11/google-ai-lamda-blake-lemoine/

The Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life
The chorus of technologists who believe AI models may not be far off from achieving consciousness is getting bolder.

The adjacent case https://barnes7.substack.com/p/the-adjacent-case "What is it like to be blind?", "The label 'visual cortex' names a developmental default, not a functional destiny", "Sensory substitution sharpens the point."

Beyond Nagel & Chalmers: Echolocation and Consciousness
Philosopher Barnes argues Daniel Kish's echolocation rewrites the hard problem of consciousness | Beyond Nagel and Chalmers.

CFP: New Histories of and on Black Consciousness https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20141736/cfp-new-histories-and-black-consciousness

CFP: New Histories of and on Black Consciousness https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20141736/cfp-new-histories-and-black-consciousness