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Mind, AI, and Consciousness (Mac)
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Mind, AI, and Consciousness (Mac)
Applied philosophy for the AI era: consciousness, embodiment, agency, mind, and moral consideration.
Visual: Mind, AI, and Consciousness Deepdive #013 Luma cover
What this room is for
A clear place to show up.
Applied philosophy for the AI era: consciousness, embodiment, agency, mind, and moral consideration.
- Deep-dive discussions on panpsychism, embodiment, agency, free will, IIT, quantum consciousness, and synthetic minds.
- Chatham House Rules and careful attribution practices for provisional thinking.
- A bridge between academic reading, contemplative practice, technical systems, and public AI ethics.
Upcoming
Next highlighted event: Deepdive #013, The Blind Spot – Can Science Account for Consciousness?, June 25, 2026.
Read the Mind, AI, and Consciousness (Mac) landing page, attend a public session where available, or request the discussion list through the event contact path.
What happens here
The public shape of the room.
- Participants arrive around a reading, a central question, or a philosophical provocation.
- The group uses technical, contemplative, and academic lenses without pretending the questions are settled.
- Public sessions turn complex consciousness debates into shared language for AI ethics and design.
Privacy-safe by design
Public signal in, private trust protected.
Public Luma/event cover art; no faces, attendee identity, or private reading-group content.
Recent / upcoming signal
Public links with useful context.
Deepdive #013
Upcoming public reading-led session on science and consciousness.
Public context
Open the threads without exposing the private room.
Reading-room shape
Mac is the rigorous room: panpsychism, embodiment, free will, IIT, quantum consciousness, p-zombies, blind spots, synthetic minds, and the ethics of uncertain consciousness.
Why it belongs in Communities
AI has made philosophy operational. Whether a system understands, experiences, or deserves moral consideration now changes how people build and govern technology.
Privacy boundary
The public page uses public landing/event material. Provisional attendee comments, private reading threads, and Chatham House discussions are not quoted.
Story so far
How this community became one of the pillars.
Mind, AI, and Consciousness (Mac) is where BC + AI does the hard thinking. It grew from organic Vancouver AI conversations into a focused room for consciousness, artificial intelligence, and what moral attention might require.
The sessions are rigorous without becoming closed. People arrive with readings, lived experience, technical backgrounds, contemplative practice, and a willingness to leave with better questions.
The work matters because AI has made philosophy operational. What consciousness is, whether synthetic systems can have minds, and how we treat uncertain forms of intelligence are no longer abstract questions.
Public links
Read, RSVP, or go deeper.
Join
Read the Mind, AI, and Consciousness (Mac) landing page, attend a public session where available, or request the discussion list through the event contact path.
BC + AI keeps the doors open through events, membership, and organizer-led channels. Start with the public event link, then join the appropriate group channel in person.
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