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George Blackburne

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Editorial Apr 2025

To be or not to be? A question of mortality

Abstract It is a pleasure to comment upon, which covers everything that could – and should – be said about the matter. It left me wondering whether artificial consciousness is an oxymoron. I take this opportunity to unpack the thermodynamic issues that attend mortal computation and their implications for conscious arte...

George Blackburne, A. Liardi, Jeremy I. Skipper et al. · 89 citations · ⚡11
Open access Sep 2026

What is it like to be a blob? A distributed, decentred and context-sensitive neurobiology of consciousness

Consciousness is often studied by asking whether particular brain regions or systems are privileged. We tested a distributed, decentred and context-sensitive alternative using 579 consciousness-focused neuroimaging studies. Semantic clustering of titles and abstracts identified seven domains whose corrected meta-analyt...

Jeremy I. Skipper, C. Timmermann, Rosalind G. McAlpine et al. · 0 citations

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