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AI-Convergent Consciousness Research Cente

By analyzing, evaluating, and synthesizing consciousness research that has been pursued in
a fragmented manner across diverse academic disciplines, the Center seeks an innovative vision
for investigating consciousness—the final mystery of modern science.

Through this endeavor, we aim to present a forward-looking model
for the relationship between humans and AI, and for the role of humanity itself.

KEYWORDKeyword

AI for Science LLM Brain Digitization Data modeling Multimodal AI Embodied AI Digital Health Consciousness Perception Neural Circuit

OBJECTIVE Objective

Establishing a bridgehead toward unraveling the mystery of consciousness, and cultivating core AI-convergent talent.
• Developing an interdisciplinary, integrated theoretical framework of consciousness
• Developing models of conscious perception Developing cognitive-neuro computational models of conscious processes
• Building a platform for evaluating, learning, and implementing consciousness in AI
• Elucidating the neural mechanisms of consciousness in the brain

INTRODUCTION Director's Message







Professor Sung-Phil Kim of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNIST has long been conducting convergence research
combining neuroscience and AI, and can be considered the right person to lead the interdisciplinary research to be carried out at this Conscious AI Research Institute.





IMPACT Impact

〈Providing the Driving Force to Explore the Qualities Humanity Will Need in the Post-AI Era〉

Once we hand over problem-solving intelligence to AI, what is left for humans to do?
We must look into the realm of consciousness—where values, aspirations, expectations,
and desires reside—and explore how consciousness connects to intelligence.
Advances in consciousness research will be the driving force behind this exploration.

〈Charting the Direction of a Consciousness-Based AI Industry〉

What will industry look like in a society where AI is fully realized?
Not every problem is valuable or meaningful to humans.
The ability to pose questions suited to the human system of consciousness will become the key to industrial success,
and finding the answers requires that we turn our attention to consciousness.
Beyond mere convenience, consciousness research will offer new insight into what humanity truly seeks,
providing a blueprint for new industrial domains.

〈Other Impacts〉

By understanding the nature of consciousness and thereby gaining insight into the proper relationship
between humans and machines, we can dispel unwarranted fears about the age of AI and lay the cornerstone
for establishing an ethics of appropriate coexistence with machines in this new era.

TALENT Ideal Talent

A pioneering researcher who will take on the unsolved challenge of consciousness

A convergent researcher who will integrate insights across disciplines

An independent next-generation research leader who will drive innovation in AI-consciousness

FACULTY Faculty