Damasio's new book and a new theory: consciousness may be tied to feeling and the body
On 24 September, The New York Times praised Antonio Damasio's new book, which argues that without feelings there is no real intelligence. A recent report describes a theoretical framework along similar lines, holding that consciousness evolved to address a problem tied to biological self-maintenance.
Who is affected and how
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- There is a serious scientific argument against the assumption that a sufficiently smart AI will be conscious.
Sources
- Book Review: ‘Natural Intelligence & the Logic of Consciousness,’ by Antonio Damasio - The New York Timesnytimes.com · Sep 24, 2026
- 🔒 Book Review: ‘Natural Intelligence & the Logic of Consciousness,’ by Antonio Damasio | AI & KI Nachrichten – TSECURITY.DEtsecurity.de · Sep 24, 2026
- Consciousness may have evolved to solve a problem that pure intelligence couldn't handle, fascinating new theory suggestspsypost.org · Sep 23, 2026
- When AI Begins to Have a Past of Its Own, How Should We Think About Consciousness?gradientphysics.substack.com · Sep 21, 2026
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