In September the MI hosted Models of Consciousness 2023 (MoC4), an international conference on mathematical modelling in consciousness science. With Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) the stated goal of big tech, there is now an urgent need for science to better understand where in the landscape of different systems lie the boundaries between conscious and unconscious systems. Mathematical modelling is playing an increasing role in this challenge.
Those from the MI involved were Roger Penrose, Marcus Du Sautoy, Kobi Kremnizer, Pete Grindrod and Jonathan Mason. Those from elsewhere at Oxford involved included Paul Azzopardi, Tim Palmer and Kenneth Shinozuka.
Their talk videos, and many others, can be found here
And here is the conference website
