https://nishanthks.pages.dev/tags/consciousness/Recent content in Consciousness on Dr. Nishanth K SHugoen-USSun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://nishanthks.pages.dev/blog/qualia-and-the-redness-of-red/Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://nishanthks.pages.dev/blog/qualia-and-the-redness-of-red/The problem of qualia — why there is something it is like to see red — remains the hardest knot in the philosophy of mind. I examine why functional accounts keep falling short.https://nishanthks.pages.dev/blog/what-would-a-conscious-ai-feel/Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://nishanthks.pages.dev/blog/what-would-a-conscious-ai-feel/The question sounds like science fiction, but it demands philosophical precision. I argue that asking ‘what it’s like’ to be an AI is already making a loaded assumption about the structure of experience.https://nishanthks.pages.dev/blog/the-emotions-of-machines/Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://nishanthks.pages.dev/blog/the-emotions-of-machines/If a machine behaves as though it is in pain, does it matter whether it actually feels pain? The question forces us to disentangle what we mean by emotion, and why the distinction between performance and experience matters.