Understanding consciousness is more important than ever

I co-authored a book that claims consciousness has been "solved". One of the greatest neuroscientists of our generation who is largely ignored within the field and unknown outside has conclusively put this thousand-year mystery to rest after sixty-five years of work. Many are skeptical of this claim, as you might guess. This article is not another attempt to convince the skeptics. Instead, it is to help understand why it is hard for us to believe we have an answer to the mystery of consciousness. It is to help understand why understanding consciousness is more important now -- at the dawn of the AI age -- than ever before in the history of humanity.