Fear-based disorders affect millions worldwide, yet current treatments show limited effectiveness for many patients. While mindfulness is increasingly used clinically for anxiety and trauma disorders, the neural mechanisms underlying its effects on fear processing remain unclear. We conducted a randomized controlled trial using 7T fMRI to test whether mindfulness training enhances fear...
We outline a research agenda for mutually beneficial artificial consciousness (MBAC): Artificial intelligence (AI) whose own subjective experience is positive and whose behaviour enhances human and non-human flourishing. Our starting point is the notion of beneficial states of consciousness (BSC)–qualitatively valued mind states such as kindness, joy, clarity, and non-duality–which we group...