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Science Weekly — What sets human consciousness apart from AI?
Scout ratingSCOUT· 64%21m·2026-03-24·Science

What sets human consciousness apart from AI?

Science Weekly

Why is it like something to be ourselves and how do physical processes create our subjective experience? These questions get to the heart of the knotty problem of consciousness, and they provided the spark for the latest book from award-winning author and journalist Michael Pollan. In A World Appears, Pollan goes in…

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