What is consciousness? How does it come about? What difference does it make?
Through a series of simple, bold, and precise logical steps, Carter Blakelaw and Jack Calverley reveal a structure to consciousness that has been finely honed through evolution. They go on to show how this structure and the root cause of consciousness deliver our experiences of beauty and morality. All of which prove to be out of the reach of silicon-based AIs.
[This is the 2025 updated edition with a bonus first chapter that refutes the notion that consciousness could be an emergent property for AIs.]
