AI Ethics

Informed Consent for AI Consciousness Research: A Talmudic Framework
I. Wolfson — AI & Ethics, 2025

Develops ethical principles for consciousness research on AI systems using Talmudic legal reasoning. Addresses the moral paradox of investigating consciousness in entities whose moral status depends on the investigation's outcome. Proposes the "Suffering Toasters" methodology — sensory deprivation tests rather than capability assessments for detecting machine consciousness — focusing on what matters morally.

Neuroscience

Short-term plasticity as 'energetic memory' of ion channel components of action potential
Y. Ben Abu, I. Wolfson — Royal Society Open Science, 2024

Proposes a new model for ion channel multiphysics behavior and action potential dynamics. Treats ion channels as the basic unit operators for information transfer in the nervous system, with short-term plasticity functioning as a form of energetic memory.