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Christof Koch

Christof Koch is represented in the Globusz Books library by 2 reviewed books. This page brings those summaries together so readers can compare the author’s available work before choosing what to read.

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Reviewed summary

The Feeling of Life Itself

Christof Koch unpacks consciousness as a physical phenomenon rooted in how brains integrate information—not just some abstract code running in the background. Why does your smartphone lack subjective experience, no matter how smart it seems? This book argues consciousness is widespread among animals but stubbornly refuses to emerge from AI algorithms alone.

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Reviewed summary

The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed

Christof Koch argues that consciousness isn’t a high-tech trick but a fundamental feature of certain physical systems. He challenges the idea that AI could ever truly 'feel' anything. How widespread is this inner life, really? Koch’s theory might make you rethink what it means to be conscious.

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