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Marco Masi

4 papers in the library · 14 citations · publishing 2023-2026

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Can There Be Meaning Without Conscious Experience? Why Embodiment May Not Suffice for AGI

Qeios May 31, 2026 Marco Masi

The recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in light of the impressive capabilities of transformer-based Large Language Models (LLMs), have reignited the discussion in cognitive science regarding whether computational devices could possess semantic understanding or whether they are merely mimicking human intelligence. Recent research has highlighted limitations in...

No Consciousness? No Meaning (and no AGI!)

Qeios April 22, 2026 Marco Masi

The recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in light of the impressive capabilities of transformer-based Large Language Models (LLMs), have reignited the discussion in cognitive science regarding whether computational devices could possess semantic understanding or whether they are merely mimicking human intelligence. Recent research has highlighted limitations in...

An evidence-based critical review of the mind-brain identity theory.

Frontiers in Psychology 2023 Marco Masi 14 citations

In the philosophy of mind, neuroscience, and psychology, the causal relationship between phenomenal consciousness, mentation, and brain states has always been a matter of debate. On the one hand, material monism posits consciousness and mind as pure brain epiphenomena. One of its most stringent lines of reasoning relies on a 'loss-of-function lesion premise,' according to which, since brain...

No Qualia? No Meaning (and no AGI)!

Marco Masi

The recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in light of the impressive capabilities of transformer-based Large Language Models (LLMs), have reignited the discussion in cognitive science regarding whether computational devices could possess semantic understanding or whether they are merely mimicking human intelligence. Recent research has highlighted limitations in...