Anil Seth

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” @berggruenInst @NoemaMag berggruen.org/eu/news/2025-b…

Thank you @cphdox for scheduling an additional screening of CONSCIOUS!🙂

We are humbled by the incredible reception of CONSCIOUS. Following two sold-out screenings at CPH:DOX, the festival has officially added an additional screening to the schedule! 📅 Date: Tuesday 24th March at 7:15 PM 📍 Location: Empire Bio 🔗 Tickets: cphdox.dk/film/conscious/

By popular demand (!) there'll be an additional screening of @missSukiChan's CONSCIOUS @cphdox on Tuesday 24th March 19:15 at the brilliant Empire Bio. Tix now available for this - and still a few left for the Fri 20th screening (16:45) cphdox.dk/film/conscious/

Another night, another SOLD OUT house for CONSCIOUS at CPH:DOX!🥂 Upcoming On Screen calls it an “engrossing watch” and “heartbreaking and contemplative” (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️). We have one more screening. Come and join us! cphdox.dk/film/conscious/ upcomingonscreen.com/conscious/

The @berggruenInst Essay Prize award ceremony is *this evening* at 6pm, The Line. If you're in Austin (at @sxsw or otherwise) - do join us. Registration link is here: events.berggruen.org/_mzdzx?p=1

Tonight's @cphdox screening of @misssukichan's brilliant film #Conscious is now sold out (!) - don't miss your chance to grab one of the remaining tickets for the final screening, on Fri 20th at 16:45 at the Dagmar. @aconitedocs .@SciCocktailsCPH cphdox.dk/film/conscious/

Don’t miss the 2025 Berggruen Prize Essay Competition Award Ceremony exclusively at SXSW in Austin. Join the ceremony honoring the 2025 winners and celebrating their winning essays. The English-language winner, Anil Seth, challenges prevailing assumptions about machine consciousness in his essay “The Mythology of Conscious AI.” The Chinese-language winners, Xin Huang and Xiaoben Liu, offer forward-looking philosophical frameworks on language, computation, and the future of consciousness. 📅 March 17, 2026 Happening soon—secure your spot and RSVP here: events.berggruen.org/_mzdzx

3/3 It's lovely to be back in Austin. But what's up with the crazy weather? how can it go from a high of 35 deg yesterday to a high of 14 today? Very strange behaviour.

2/3 Then tomorrow (17/3), it's the award ceremony (with some short talks and drinks/snacks) for the @berggruenInst Essay Prize, which I was honoured to win (English). The two winners of the Chinese Prize will be there too. 6pm at The Line: sign up here: philevents.org/event/show/146…

1/3 I'm back in Austin TX for @sxsw. My panel today (16/3) is on 'perceptual diversity', 4pm Marriot Downtown, w/ Jennifer Crook (@Drea_m_achine), Katherine Templar Lewis (@KindaStudioss) & Nell Whitley (@marshmallowlf) - come along! schedule.sxsw.com/events/PP11625…

I can't wait to bring you this conversation between @dr_mcgilchrist and @anilkseth on neuroscience, consciousness and God! They discuss left and right brain hemispheres, panpsychism, theories of consciousness and how meditation and prayer affect our psychology. Seth also describes his atheist-agnostic worldview, and McGilchrist explains his recent embrace of Christian faith. ✝️ ⭐️ Can't wait to Watch or Listen? Get our next Uncommon Ground episode right NOW when you support 👉 justinbrierley.com/support-me/

Off to @sxsw for a panel on "perceptual diversity: art and neuroscience in design (Mon 16th, 4pm, Marriott Downtown, schedule.sxsw.com/events/PP11625…), & then the @berggruenInst Essay Prize Award Ceremony (Tue 17th, 6pm, The Line, philevents.org/event/show/146…) ⭐️

Another very valuable contribution to the debate about “conscious AI” - and another strike against computational functionalism 👇🏽

@RanaGujral @berggruenInst @NoemaMag Thank you 🙏🏽 and yes, exactly, is the combination of the two that is so potent

Congrats @anilkseth . One takeaway from “Mythology of Conscious AI” I think is underappreciated: most “conscious AI” talk quietly assumes computational functionalism, then gets turbocharged by language driven anthropomorphism. That combo is a governance risk even if nothing is felt because “conscious seeming” systems trigger misplaced trust, moral standing, and deference.

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” @berggruenInst @NoemaMag berggruen.org/eu/news/2025-b…

Just 3 hours away from the world premiere of #Conscious by @missSukiChan & @aconitedocs here at the wonderful @cphdox cphdox.dk/film/conscious/ (14/3, 6:30pm, Empire cinema)

Today! A pi-day premiere 👇🏽

@lenbinus @missSukiChan @aconitedocs @cphdox 🙏🏽

@anilkseth @missSukiChan @aconitedocs @cphdox even better — memory and selfhood are where the science gets personal. the question of what makes 'you' continuous over time touches everything from patient amnesia to the ship of Theseus. hope it gets a wider release.

I’m excited to be back in beautiful (though damp) Copenhagen for the world premiere (14/3) of Conscious - a new film by @missSukiChan & @aconitedocs - tomorrow’s @cphdox premiere is already sold out, but there are other screenings later in the week cphdox.dk/film/conscious/

@lenbinus @missSukiChan @aconitedocs @cphdox No - it’s more about memory and selfhood.

@anilkseth @missSukiChan @aconitedocs @cphdox a documentary on consciousness premiering at a major film festival feels like a sign the field is crossing over. curious whether it tackles the measurement problem — how do you film something that's fundamentally first-person? looking forward to hearing reactions.

@Conmechorg @missSukiChan @aconitedocs @cphdox Not sure yet. But there will be UK screenings, no doubt.

@anilkseth @missSukiChan @aconitedocs @cphdox When / how can we see this in the UK?