person
Margaret Boden
Sussex emerita; cognitive science of AI
Research professor of cognitive science at the University of Sussex emerita; one of the founding scholars of cognitive science. Author of 'AI: Its Nature and Future' (2016) and 'Mind as Machine' (2006).
current Research Professor of Cognitive Science Emerita, University of Sussex
Strategy positions
AI skepticmixed
AGI risk narratives overstated; real harms are mundane and currentArgues general intelligence requires forms of understanding (autonomy, embodiment, creativity) that current ML does not approach; warns against equating large model behaviour with the foundations of mind.
Behaviour can imitate understanding without instantiating it. Cognitive science exists precisely to keep that distinction in view.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.