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Determining Who Is Thinking: Next Steps to Conscious AI

What do earthworms and advanced AI systems have in common? The answer may lead to the next steps to conscious AI.

Sustainable Chemistry: Evolving Strategies and Renewable Practices

In part 2 of her series, Kiya traces sustainable chemistry's growth over recent decades and its present position in the wider industry.

Bioinformatics and DNA

Erin Kelley breaks down bioinformatics, the growing field at the intersection of computer science and biology.

A Sustainable Chemistry Primer

You may not have heard much about it, but sustainable chemistry is—already today—a well-defined area of research in the fields of...

Do Androids Play in Magnetic Fields?

Kenneth Wenger explains how AI-generated art is created and muses on its implications.

How Are We Thinking?

The second article in Ken's series on machine consciousness starts by looking at . . . human consciousness.

What Are They Thinking?

The first in a series of thought-provoking articles by Kenneth Wenger on a hot topic in AI: consciousness.

The Pitfalls of Artificial Intelligence: Risks and Concerns (written by AI)

Our major interest here at Working Fires Foundation is the intersection of tech and society. At the moment, we are quite taken with...

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Why Kenneth Wenger Wrote ITAPAU

Here's a little from Kenneth Wenger on why he wrote Is the Algorithm Plotting Against Us? (ITAPAU). We think what his mind produces is...