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Check out the new paper responding to the "IIT is pseudoscience" letter: 

Tononi, G., Albantakis, L., Barbosa, L. et al. Consciousness or pseudo-consciousness? A clash of two paradigms. Nat Neurosci (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-025-01880-y

Abstract:
"Integrated information theory (IIT) starts from consciousness, which is subjective, and accounts for its presence and quality in objective, testable terms. Attempts to label as ‘pseudoscientific’ a theory distinguished by decades of conceptual, mathematical, and empirical developments expose a crisis in the dominant computational-functionalist paradigm, which is challenged by IIT’s consciousness-first paradigm."

Deadline of application: Mar 14, 2025 

The QStr (Qualia Structure) – IIT (Integrated Information Theory) Summer School offers an exciting opportunity for students, post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty scholars from around the world to explore the intersection of qualitative aspects of consciousness (or qualia) and scientific objectivity. This event is scheduled to take place in Venice and Bertinoro, Italy from October 5 to 17, 2025. 

Here is the link to the overview homepage, where you can apply: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hFmabi5KJQRfocvwhXAehIkwFxrCp_Touxp9-Sn5sh4/edit?tab=t.0