On the Hard Problem
A reflection on consciousness, subjectivity, explanation, and the limits of reductive theories of mind.
Writing
Essays, notes, research reflections, and critical writing on art, media, technology, culture, and creative practice.
You Don't Have an Afterlife
Reflection on mortality, continuity, identity, and the persistence of experience.
Essays Archive
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Artificial Consciousness
Research into artificial consciousness, synthetic minds, cognitive architectures, robotics, creativity, and the philosophical and technical challenges of machine consciousness.
hitchBOT and Social Robotics
Research on hitchBOT, public trust, social robotics, artificial agency, and human-machine relations.
Research Archive
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Publications Archive
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Why Build a Robot With Artificial Consciousness? How to Begin? A Cross-Disciplinary Dialogue on the Design and Implementation of a Synthetic Model of Consciousness
A cross-disciplinary dialogue between an artist and a roboticist exploring motivations, theories, ethics, creativity, and implementation strategies for artificial consciousness in robots.
The Death and Lives of hitchBOT: The Design and Implementation of a Hitchhiking Robot
Leonardo article by David Harris Smith and Frauke Zeller on the design and implementation of hitchBOT as a hitchhiking social robot.