Garrett Mindt

I’m currently assistant professor of philosophy at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton, Florida, as well as, program director for the Center for the Future of AI, Mind, & Society (AIMS). I was previously the Future of Intelligence Postdoctoral Fellow at FAU in the Center for the Future Mind under the supervision of Susan Schneider. Before that I was the Elizabeth R. Koch Research Fellow for Tiny Blue Dot Consciousness Studies based at the Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, advised by Giulio Tononi.

My current research is focused on developing a novel information-theoretic metaphysics, and it's connections to issues of the mind, consciousness, and digital/virtual reality, among many related topics. I'm attempting to combine my previous research on the metaphysics of mind and consciousness to apply to a broader scope of issues related to the issues of mind and consciousness. In conjunction I work on AGI/machine consciousness, applying some of the work I've done in the philosophy of mind/consciousness to questions regarding the realization of AGI and machine consciousness.

I earned my PhD from Central European University, Department of Philosophy, under the supervision of Tim Crane and Philip Goff. I completed my MA at the University of Liverpool, supervised by Barry Dainton. Aside from my research on the philosophy and science of consciousness, I also maintain an active interest in the philosophy of AI, metaphysics, the philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind, among other topics.