Mind and Matter is a joint initiative between seven faculties at the University of Helsinki: Arts, Science, Medicine, Social Sciences, Law, Educational Sciences, and Theology.
Considering the wide-ranging effects that artificial intelligence (AI) will have on societies and individuals, it is crucial to complement research on technologies with careful analysis of the societal implications of AI. In order to fully understand how interaction with technology affects humans, and to develop human-friendly AI technologies, it is important to understand the subjective, objective, and experiential nature of human intelligence and consciousness, as well as their neural underpinnings. Quantum information science is a related emerging area of research that may fundamentally change how we view the concept of information and consequently both technical (computers, AI) and human (memory, language, decision making) information processing.
Mind and Matter brings together top-level UH research teams to tackle some of the most fascinating scientific and conceptual problems related to intelligence, consciousness, and information. Mind and Matter aims at producing the highest level of research in Interdisciplinary Mind Studies and Quantum Information/Computation.