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Johannes Kleiner @johanneskleiner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm extremely happy to share our first call for applications at BAMΞ! Join us as a 2-year postdoc to work on a paradigm for next-generation theories of consciousness: www.uni-bamberg.de/fileadmin/ab...

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wanjawiese.bsky.social @wanjawiese.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

📢New: A comment on “On the minimal theory of consciousness implicit in active inference” by @christopherjwhyte.bsky.social Andrew W. Corcoran, Jonathan Robinson, Ryan Smith, Rosalyn J. Moran, Thomas Parr, Karl Friston, @anilseth.bsky.social , @hohwy.bsky.social: authors.elsevier.com/a/1nqAp5bD-s...

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Johannes Kleiner @johanneskleiner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wonderful to see the reply and commentaries are finally out! 🥳 Huge congratulations to @anilseth.bsky.social also here! This really is a milestone! 👏 Unfortunately, BBS' production team butchered my comment 🙄 Working on getting them to correct it. Will post when done! #ConSci

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Johannes Kleiner @johanneskleiner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

How can we test for consciousness in infants, non-human animals, and AI? I'm super happy that the recordings of our last workshop on exactly this question are now online! Speakers and links to talks below! 👇 #ConSci

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

1/ Conscious AI and Biological Naturalism. A long time in the making, but the full collection is *out now* in Behavioural and Brain Sciences I deeply thank all my many commentators for their wise, broad, and deep opinions on this critical topic.I also thank them for their saintly patience. 🙏🏽

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Krys Dolega @krysdolega.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I have a lot of pretty nasty thoughts about the "first AI philosophy" essay competition, but I'll restrain myself to saying that it'd be nice if philosophers stopped bending over backwards to get the attention of big tech companies...

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Lenore Blum @lenoreblum.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Hurry up. Run 🏃, don't walk. One more day to register for Models of Consciousness 2026 in Copenhagen! (Aug 31). Don't miss an awesome conference with awesome folks (including you). See: amcs-community.org/events/moc7-... See: amcs-community.org/moc7-registr...

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Lenore Blum @lenoreblum.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Yay team! Looking forward to MoC7 in Copenhagen, October 12 – 16, 2026. amcs-community.org/events/moc7-...

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Models of Consciousness @moc7.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This year #MoC7 focuses on four important themes in consciousness science: -Philosophical foundations in the scientific study of consciousness - Methodologies, models, and measures of consciousness - AI, LLMs, and consciousness science - Phenomenology and applied phenomenology

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wanjawiese.bsky.social @wanjawiese.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Listen to Anil: 👇 There is still time to register: amcs-community.org/events/moc7-...

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Lenore Blum @lenoreblum.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

As a refreshing antidote to the many journalistic articles/opinions on #consciousness, LuciaMelloni &UmbertoOlcese have compiled & edited an open-access volume written by over 80 researchers, integrating perspectives from neuroscience, philosophy, mathematics & beyond. See www.horizon-minds.com

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Johannes Kleiner @johanneskleiner.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Hard to not see this as an argument against GNW. Much of what GNW proposes emerges during training by itself. Please object 😉 - Curious to see why! #ConSci

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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Timely again with the recent open letter. I support disclosures (of course) but the deeper problem is that the current publishing model is incompatible with pervasive industry ties.

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Models of Consciousness @moc7.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Excited to announce our next speaker @introspection.bsky.social! An Assoc. Prof in Computational Psychiatry, his work cross-fertilises AI/ML, cognitive neuroscience, and digital medicine. His talk will explore uniting qualitative & quantitative methods to study subjective experience.

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Rony @ronyhirsch.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Thanks, Anil!! And thanks to all the people who came to the @assc2026.bsky.social tutorial and made it both fun and inspiring 😊 For those who did not fill out our survey about communities in consciousness research, it's not too late >> socialtau.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Johannes Kleiner @johanneskleiner.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Wishing everyone at #ASSC29 a stellar conference!

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Sascha Benjamin Fink @sfink.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Ever had a pain? Tell us about it and help in researching our understanding of pain. The survey takes about 15 minutes. www.soscisurvey.de/compain/

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Ishan Singhal @singhal.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

First media coverage I ever received for a paper I wrote! It was a huge surprise and honour to be interviewed by @science.org

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Johannes Kleiner @johanneskleiner.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

▶️ Recordings of our Neural Correlates of Consciousness workshop now available on YouTube! If you couldn't make it to the workshop, or would like to revisit a session, you can now find the talks at the link below. -- Including 12 exciting lightning talks!

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wanjawiese.bsky.social @wanjawiese.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

You can still submit an abstract for Models of Consciousness 7 #MoC7 (12-16 October 2026) 👇

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Johannes Kleiner @johanneskleiner.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Schedule now available! – Looks like three exciting days ahead! 😊 I'm especially looking forward to our panel discussion sessions on Monday and Wednesday evening! 👇 Join us if you like! Schedule: www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bamxi/res... #ConSci

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Johannes Kleiner @johanneskleiner.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

New preprint on tests for consciousness... philpapers.org/archive/KLET... Feedback very welcome!

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Johannes Kleiner @johanneskleiner.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

youtu.be/vBwaWRZyIBM?... Very much recommended to anyone interested in the history of mathematics. #mathsky

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The Book That Started It All

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Niccolo Negro @niccolonegro.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bamxi/res... Don't miss this online workshop on tests for consciousness! Thanks @aidaelamrani.bsky.social and @johanneskleiner.bsky.social for this!

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C-Tests Workshop - Bamberg Mathematical Consciousness Science Initiative (BAMΞ)

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Johannes Kleiner @johanneskleiner.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

How do we test for consciousness in infants, non-human animals, and AI? The answer is: C-tests, empirically grounded methods developed for detecting consciousness in diverse target populations. Join us for an exciting workshop to ... 👇

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wanjawiese.bsky.social @wanjawiese.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

You're still an early bird if you register for Models of Consciousness 7 until 31 May! 👇

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Johannes Kleiner @johanneskleiner.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Sneak peek of what I think will be an amazing workshop on tests for consciousness 😊, made possible by @niccolonegro.bsky.social and @aidaelamrani.bsky.social! You're cordially invited to join us! 𝗖-𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 June 8 – 10, 2026 Online (Zoom) www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bamxi/res...

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Keisuke Suzuki @ksks.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

1/ New paper out today in Frontiers in Psychology 🧠 "Beyond the reducing valve: a computational neurophenomenology of altered states via deep neural networks" A unified framework for hallucinations, psychedelic experience & ego dissolution 🧵 doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...

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Frontiers | Beyond the reducing valve: towards a computational neurophenomenology of altered states via deep neural networks

Altered states of consciousness, including hallucinations, psychedelic experiences, and ego dissolution, differ qualitatively, yet no unified computational f...

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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Philosophy's traditional model - highly selective journals, tough "reject for any reason" peer review - assumes that no area of the field is pervaded by conflicts of interest. It's clearly an unsuitable model for philosophy of AI, where industry-funded research is already starting to dominate.

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Johannes Kleiner @johanneskleiner.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The interim report of the infamous Ferguson committee contains by far the best analysis of the state of measurement of *temperature* I have read so far. It's from 1938.

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Lenore Blum @lenoreblum.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Me too! Honored to be part of this awesome volume. Hearty congrats to Lucia Meloni and Umberto Olcese and the Chapter editors for pulling this together. (Like herding cats, I imagine.) Looking forward to its publication. #consciousness

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

OMG this is a great idea.

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Moritz Kriegleder @mokriegleder.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

listen to anil!

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Models of Consciousness @moc7.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Organizing a conference of this scale takes many motivated people! Meet the team making it happen: local organizers @cam-signorelli.bsky.social and Emanuela Yeung have worked tirelessly to bring #MoC7 to the University of Copenhagen! Stay tuned as we introduce more of the crew behind the scenes.

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Terrific line-up for this year's Models of Consciousness conference, organised by Camillo Signorelli and taking place in the beautiful city of Copenhagen amcs-community.org/events/moc7-...

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hakwan lau @hakwan.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

the ppl we thank in acknowledgement sections are "a more relevant predictor of publication success than formal collaborations (i.e., coauthorship), even after matching for gender, seniority, methodological orientation, geographical location, and institutional prestige." www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Informal connections outweigh coauthorship ties in academic impact | PNAS

Past work has documented the importance of formal collaboration, particularly coauthorship, in increasing research productivity and innovation. How...

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Keisuke Suzuki @ksks.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

A new preprint Cognitive Feelings from Healthy Experience to Psychopathology: An Integrative Review Across Phenomenology, Psychology, Neuroscience, and Computation osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Models of Consciousness @moc7.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Next, we are happy to announce that @laurennross.bsky.social will give a keynote at #MoC7! Prof. Ross uses philosophy of science to examine neuroscientific explanation and causation, sparking a wider debate on mechanistic, law-based, and mathematical models in neuroscience.

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Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

It's why I always give at least 5 out of 6 when i review grants in my field* - get the money and we might collaborate, or i will at least learn something, or our field will progress. * i've only done a few

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Johannes Kleiner @johanneskleiner.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Great talk by Alexander Maier last week on the use of numbers in consciousness science. Very much recommended! www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQQr... #ConSci

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Rony @ronyhirsch.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

New preprint! with @niccolonegro.bsky.social and @liadmudrik.bsky.social doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ve6c5_v1 Consciousness seems central to moral status debates, from AI to animal welfare. But is consciousness necessary for moral status? Is it sufficient? We surveyed >1000 people to find out. 🧵 1/n

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Rony @ronyhirsch.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Thank you @smfleming.bsky.social ! Super excited about this! ✨ Join Consciousness Club this Wednesday to talk about consciousness, moral status, zombies, pets, LLMs, and more 🖖

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Mediterranean Society for Consciousness Science @mesec-community.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

🚨 Applications are open! 🚨 Join MESEC’s 2026 Summer Workshop: ⭐️Computational Modelling for Consciousness Science: From Fragmentation to Integration⭐️ 📍 Carcassonne, France 📅 29 Aug–5 Sept 2026 🗓️ Deadline: 29 May 2026 More info and applications here: mesec.co/event/worksh...

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