Farhan Lakhany is a philosopher of mind, artificial intelligence and cognitive science. In 2023, he received a PhD from the University of Iowa and is currently teaching at the University of Nebraska Omaha as a Visiting Assistant Professor.
His main research interests lay at the intersection of the philosophy of mind, philosophy of artificial intelligence, philosophy of psychology and cognitive science with an emphasis on consciousness, mental representation and artificial intelligence. In addition, he has interests in the philosophy of science, metaphilosophy, epistemology, egalitarianism, neuroscience, psychology, evolutionary theory, biology and computer science.
Farhan was a Plenary speaker at the TSC Barcelona conference in 2025 on AI, LLMs and Biomimetic Quantum Computing and presented his paper tilted: Assessing the Delta: LLMs and Unified Agency.