Bennett: Breakthrough #6 (Chapters 21, 22, Conclusion)
Hruska, A. 2024. Book Review and Summary: Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari (3 pg)
Leffer, L. 2024. In the race to Artificial General Intelligence, where’s the finish line? (4 pg)
Li, F. 2024. Understanding how the world works is the next step for AI (2 pg)
Milak, K. 2025. Why does AI feel so human if it's just a 'calculator for words'? (3 pg)
Revell, T. 2025. 'Most of it is good': Berners-Lee on the state of the web now (5 pg)
de Silva, D. 2025. AI's third phase is here. Here's how 'agents' may impact our lives (3 pg)
Turney, D. 2025. Scientists discover major differences in how humans and AI 'think' (2 pg)
Additional articles on AI and consciousness (download on References subpage)
Ball, P. 2025. AI Is the Black Mirror (7 pg)
Montero, BG. 2025. A.I. Is on Its Way to Something Even More Remarkable Than Intelligence (2 pg)
Schneider, S. 2025. If a Chatbot Tells You It Is Conscious, Should You Believe It? (6 pg)
New book on intelligence in humans and machines:
The Emergent Mind: How Intelligence Arises in People and Machines
by Gaurav Suri and James McClelland (October 2025)
Michael Shermer Show – discussion on The Emergent Mind with Gaurav Suri and Jay McClellan
Recording and transcript available at
Video recording at:
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