Anil Seth
@anilseth.bsky.social
Neuroscientist: consciousness, perception, and Dreamachines. Author of Being You - A New Science of Consciousness.
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Anil Seth
@anilseth.bsky.social
· Oct 30
Advancing consciousness science
Defining new directions in consciousness research and exploring implications for medicine, technology, and ethics
www.frontiersin.org
1/🧵 Out today in @frontiersin.bsky.social : “Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?” By @axc.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social, & me (a CIFAR & @erc.europa.eu production 🧠). www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
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To Brighton to chat with @anilseth.bsky.social about CRICK: A MIND IN MOTION. Hope to see you there - tickets here:
CRICK: A MIND IN MOTION - From DNA to the Brain
CRICK: A MIND IN MOTION - From DNA to the Brain
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 10:54 AM
To Brighton to chat with @anilseth.bsky.social about CRICK: A MIND IN MOTION. Hope to see you there - tickets here:
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"If we conflate the richness of biological brains and human experience with the information-processing machinations of deepfake-boosted chatbots... we do our minds, brains and bodies a grave injustice" -- @anilseth.bsky.social, "The Mythology of Conscious AI":
www.noemamag.com/the-mytholog...
www.noemamag.com/the-mytholog...
The Mythology Of Conscious AI | NOEMA
Why consciousness is more likely a property of life than of computation and why creating conscious, or even conscious-seeming AI, is a bad idea.
www.noemamag.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:08 PM
"If we conflate the richness of biological brains and human experience with the information-processing machinations of deepfake-boosted chatbots... we do our minds, brains and bodies a grave injustice" -- @anilseth.bsky.social, "The Mythology of Conscious AI":
www.noemamag.com/the-mytholog...
www.noemamag.com/the-mytholog...
Happening tomorrow! Get you tickets while you still can 👇
We're kicking off our 2026 season with Matthew Cobb discussing his new book CRICK, a warts and all biography of the scientist, and the man, with Brighton's own Anil Seth, on Mon 26th Jan.
@matthewcobb.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social @profilebooks.bsky.social @hachettelibrary.bsky.social
@matthewcobb.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social @profilebooks.bsky.social @hachettelibrary.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Happening tomorrow! Get you tickets while you still can 👇
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We're kicking off our 2026 season with Matthew Cobb discussing his new book CRICK, a warts and all biography of the scientist, and the man, with Brighton's own Anil Seth, on Mon 26th Jan.
@matthewcobb.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social @profilebooks.bsky.social @hachettelibrary.bsky.social
@matthewcobb.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social @profilebooks.bsky.social @hachettelibrary.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 12:01 PM
We're kicking off our 2026 season with Matthew Cobb discussing his new book CRICK, a warts and all biography of the scientist, and the man, with Brighton's own Anil Seth, on Mon 26th Jan.
@matthewcobb.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social @profilebooks.bsky.social @hachettelibrary.bsky.social
@matthewcobb.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social @profilebooks.bsky.social @hachettelibrary.bsky.social
Something for the weekend: Being You is just £1.19 - yes, one pound and nineteen pence - on Amazon Kindle *today only*. Don't miss it: www.amazon.co.uk/Being-You-Co...
January 24, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Something for the weekend: Being You is just £1.19 - yes, one pound and nineteen pence - on Amazon Kindle *today only*. Don't miss it: www.amazon.co.uk/Being-You-Co...
A few newly signed copies of #BeingYou in the Staff Picks section of WHSmith in London Gatwick South Terminal 😎 www.theguardian.com/books/2021/a...
January 21, 2026 at 6:19 PM
A few newly signed copies of #BeingYou in the Staff Picks section of WHSmith in London Gatwick South Terminal 😎 www.theguardian.com/books/2021/a...
1/ "Crick - A Mind In Motion" - I'll be in conversation with author @matthewcobb.bsky.social next Monday 26/01 at the Grand Central for #BrightThink, talking about his landmark biography of the great man - details/tix: www.brighthink.org/events/crick #Brighton
CRICK: A Mind In Motion - From DNA to the Brain — Brighthink
Francis Crick was a restless, relentless thinker, as fascinated by Beat poetry and psychedelics as the genetic meaning of life and the inner workings of the brain. Join Matthew Cobb as he discusses hi...
www.brighthink.org
January 21, 2026 at 11:36 AM
1/ "Crick - A Mind In Motion" - I'll be in conversation with author @matthewcobb.bsky.social next Monday 26/01 at the Grand Central for #BrightThink, talking about his landmark biography of the great man - details/tix: www.brighthink.org/events/crick #Brighton
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“The Mythology of Conscious AI” is a fascinating, thought-sharpening essay. It will make you question, think, & question again.
Also congrats to @anilseth.bsky.social on winning the Berggruen Essay Prize. Well deserved.
www.noemamag.com/the-mytholog...
Also congrats to @anilseth.bsky.social on winning the Berggruen Essay Prize. Well deserved.
www.noemamag.com/the-mytholog...
The Mythology Of Conscious AI | NOEMA
Why consciousness is more likely a property of life than of computation and why creating conscious, or even conscious-seeming AI, is a bad idea.
www.noemamag.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM
“The Mythology of Conscious AI” is a fascinating, thought-sharpening essay. It will make you question, think, & question again.
Also congrats to @anilseth.bsky.social on winning the Berggruen Essay Prize. Well deserved.
www.noemamag.com/the-mytholog...
Also congrats to @anilseth.bsky.social on winning the Berggruen Essay Prize. Well deserved.
www.noemamag.com/the-mytholog...
Sober, restrained and understated analysis here from @iandunt.bsky.social 👇🏽
What the fuck is going on
January 15, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Sober, restrained and understated analysis here from @iandunt.bsky.social 👇🏽
An absolute honour 🙏👇
“If we conflate the richness of biological brains & human experience with the information-processing machinations of deepfake-boosted chatbots, or whatever the latest AI wizardry is, we do our minds, brains & bodies a grave injustice.”
— @anilseth.bsky.social, winner of @berggruen.org Essay Prize
— @anilseth.bsky.social, winner of @berggruen.org Essay Prize
The Mythology Of Conscious AI | NOEMA
Why consciousness is more likely a property of life than of computation and why creating conscious, or even conscious-seeming AI, is a bad idea.
www.noemamag.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
An absolute honour 🙏👇
Such an honour 🙏👇
“If we conflate the richness of biological brains & human experience with the information-processing machinations of deepfake-boosted chatbots, or whatever the latest AI wizardry is, we do our minds, brains & bodies a grave injustice.”
— @anilseth.bsky.social, winner of @berggruen.org Essay Prize
— @anilseth.bsky.social, winner of @berggruen.org Essay Prize
The Mythology Of Conscious AI | NOEMA
Why consciousness is more likely a property of life than of computation and why creating conscious, or even conscious-seeming AI, is a bad idea.
www.noemamag.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Such an honour 🙏👇
1/ I am truly honoured and completely delighted to have won the 2025 Berggruen Essay Prize (English), for my submission “The Mythology of Conscious AI” @berggruen.org @noemamag.com berggruen.org/eu/news/2025...
Berggruen Institute
Ideas for a Changing World.
berggruen.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:47 PM
1/ I am truly honoured and completely delighted to have won the 2025 Berggruen Essay Prize (English), for my submission “The Mythology of Conscious AI” @berggruen.org @noemamag.com berggruen.org/eu/news/2025...
Very much looking forward to this! @matthewcobb.bsky.social’s book on Crick is magnificent 👇🏽
We're kicking off our 2026 season with Matthew Cobb discussing his new book CRICK, a warts and all biography of the scientist, and the man, with Brighton's own Anil Seth, on Mon 26th Jan.
@matthewcobb.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social @profilebooks.bsky.social @hachettelibrary.bsky.social
@matthewcobb.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social @profilebooks.bsky.social @hachettelibrary.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Very much looking forward to this! @matthewcobb.bsky.social’s book on Crick is magnificent 👇🏽
Something for the weekend …
1/🧵 NEW PREPRINT! Granger Causality Maps for Langevin Systems – new preprint from the incomparable Lionel Barnett, w/ Benjamin Wahl, Nadine Spychala, and me – a Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science production. Link at end of thread.
January 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Something for the weekend …
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Welcome to the world of Ganzflicker... in comic form!?
Comic by the fabulous [email protected], Instagram: @Mr.dog.art
A MassArt initiative led by @hudrewthis.bsky.social
Hallucinations are often feared and unwanted... But what if we could induce them, so we can better understand them?
Comic by the fabulous [email protected], Instagram: @Mr.dog.art
A MassArt initiative led by @hudrewthis.bsky.social
Hallucinations are often feared and unwanted... But what if we could induce them, so we can better understand them?
January 9, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Welcome to the world of Ganzflicker... in comic form!?
Comic by the fabulous [email protected], Instagram: @Mr.dog.art
A MassArt initiative led by @hudrewthis.bsky.social
Hallucinations are often feared and unwanted... But what if we could induce them, so we can better understand them?
Comic by the fabulous [email protected], Instagram: @Mr.dog.art
A MassArt initiative led by @hudrewthis.bsky.social
Hallucinations are often feared and unwanted... But what if we could induce them, so we can better understand them?
1/🧵 NEW PREPRINT! Granger Causality Maps for Langevin Systems – new preprint from the incomparable Lionel Barnett, w/ Benjamin Wahl, Nadine Spychala, and me – a Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science production. Link at end of thread.
January 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
1/🧵 NEW PREPRINT! Granger Causality Maps for Langevin Systems – new preprint from the incomparable Lionel Barnett, w/ Benjamin Wahl, Nadine Spychala, and me – a Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science production. Link at end of thread.
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 @neddo.bsky.social on “thinking meat”, inverted spectra, and other goodies 👇🏽
Mindscape 339 | Ned Block on Whether Consciousness Requires Biology. #MindscapePodcast
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2026...
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2026...
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 @neddo.bsky.social on “thinking meat”, inverted spectra, and other goodies 👇🏽
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Just published my review of neuroscience in 2025, on The Spike.
The 10th of these, would you believe?
This year we have foundation models, breakthroughs in using light to understand the brain, a gene therapy, and more
Enjoy!
medium.com/the-spike/20...
The 10th of these, would you believe?
This year we have foundation models, breakthroughs in using light to understand the brain, a gene therapy, and more
Enjoy!
medium.com/the-spike/20...
2025: A Review of the Year in Neuroscience
Enlightening the brain
medium.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Just published my review of neuroscience in 2025, on The Spike.
The 10th of these, would you believe?
This year we have foundation models, breakthroughs in using light to understand the brain, a gene therapy, and more
Enjoy!
medium.com/the-spike/20...
The 10th of these, would you believe?
This year we have foundation models, breakthroughs in using light to understand the brain, a gene therapy, and more
Enjoy!
medium.com/the-spike/20...
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🚨 New paper in @pnas.org to end 2025 with a bang!🚨
Behavioral, experiential, and physiological signatures of mind blanking
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
with Esteban Munoz-Musat, @arthurlecoz.bsky.social @corcorana.bsky.social, Laouen Belloli and Lionel Naccache
Illustration: Ana Yael.
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Behavioral, experiential, and physiological signatures of mind blanking
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
with Esteban Munoz-Musat, @arthurlecoz.bsky.social @corcorana.bsky.social, Laouen Belloli and Lionel Naccache
Illustration: Ana Yael.
1/n
December 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🚨 New paper in @pnas.org to end 2025 with a bang!🚨
Behavioral, experiential, and physiological signatures of mind blanking
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
with Esteban Munoz-Musat, @arthurlecoz.bsky.social @corcorana.bsky.social, Laouen Belloli and Lionel Naccache
Illustration: Ana Yael.
1/n
Behavioral, experiential, and physiological signatures of mind blanking
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
with Esteban Munoz-Musat, @arthurlecoz.bsky.social @corcorana.bsky.social, Laouen Belloli and Lionel Naccache
Illustration: Ana Yael.
1/n
Great guest edit of BBC Radio 4 #Today today, by @mustafasuleymanai.bsky.social, all about AI. I'm just about to go on air with Amol Rajan & David Chalmers to talk about the key question of AI and consciousness - listen live here (in UK): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radio 4 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to Radio 4 on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Great guest edit of BBC Radio 4 #Today today, by @mustafasuleymanai.bsky.social, all about AI. I'm just about to go on air with Amol Rajan & David Chalmers to talk about the key question of AI and consciousness - listen live here (in UK): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻
Annual reminder that the book is open access.
How do we think of the brain as a deeply interconnected system with highly distributed, non hierarchical processing.
Want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective?
#neuroskyence
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254460...
Annual reminder that the book is open access.
How do we think of the brain as a deeply interconnected system with highly distributed, non hierarchical processing.
Want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective?
#neuroskyence
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254460...
The Entangled Brain
Popular neuroscience accounts often focus on specific mind-brain aspects like addiction, cognition, or memory, but The Entangled Brain tackles a much bigger ...
mitpress.mit.edu
December 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻
Annual reminder that the book is open access.
How do we think of the brain as a deeply interconnected system with highly distributed, non hierarchical processing.
Want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective?
#neuroskyence
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254460...
Annual reminder that the book is open access.
How do we think of the brain as a deeply interconnected system with highly distributed, non hierarchical processing.
Want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective?
#neuroskyence
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254460...
Don’t panic! The stack of unsigned Being You at @blackwells.bsky.social Oxford have now been tracked down and duly signed. (& lovely to see them still on the “Best of Norrington Room” table 🙏🏽)
December 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Don’t panic! The stack of unsigned Being You at @blackwells.bsky.social Oxford have now been tracked down and duly signed. (& lovely to see them still on the “Best of Norrington Room” table 🙏🏽)
Mum would have been 91 today. She was a Christmas birthday girl. I miss her very much, and am grateful for the many Christmases we shared www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Ann Seth obituary
Other lives: Teacher, artist and landscape photographer who documented the countryside of Oxfordshire
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Mum would have been 91 today. She was a Christmas birthday girl. I miss her very much, and am grateful for the many Christmases we shared www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Rare unsigned copy of Being You located in Daunts, Summertown - and now duly signed 😎
December 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Rare unsigned copy of Being You located in Daunts, Summertown - and now duly signed 😎
Need any last minute xmas presents? How about a good book ...
1/ Here are some (ok, most) of the books I read and listened to this past year, mostly in order. Some real gems, as always. “A life without books is a life not lived” Jay Kristoff.
December 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Need any last minute xmas presents? How about a good book ...