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In the age of AI, what differentiates humans from robots? What makes humans\u2026human? To find answers, many people are studying consciousness: our capacity for experience. But doctors and researchers still have a long way to go when it comes to finding new ways to detect consciousness in humans \u2014 much less computer software. That gets especially tricky when people are unable to use their words or bodies to others whether or not they’re conscious, like in vegetative states. Today on , how some researchers are finding ways to get around those limitations.<\/p>\n

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In the age of AI, what differentiates humans from robots? What makes humans \u2026 human? To find answers, many people are studying consciousness: our capacity for experience. But doctors and researchers still have a long way to go when it comes to finding new ways to detect consciousness in humans \u2014 much less computer software. That gets especially tricky when people are unable to use their words or bodies to tell <\/em>others whether or not they\u2019re conscious, like in vegetative states. Today on Short Wave<\/em>, how some researchers are finding ways to get around those limitations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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