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Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The belief that current AI models are sentient and can suffer, combined with the foolish idea of quantifying suffering across humans and non-humans, could lead to a dystopian path. The belief that current AI models aresentient and can suffer, combined with thefoolish idea of quantifying sufferingacross humans and non-humans, could leadto a dystopian path. Last stated 2 days ago 3 Oct 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small. — tap to centre the map on it AI sentience is a category error,and the chances of AIs beingsentient are vanishingly small. Last stated a month ago 31 Aug 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Competent information processing and sentience are wholly unrelated — tap to centre the map on it Competent information processing andsentience are wholly unrelated Last stated 2 days ago 3 Oct 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Current AI systems are not sentient, contrary to what utopian visions of AI assume. — tap to centre the map on it Current AI systems are not sentient,contrary to what utopian visions ofAI assume. Last stated 10 months ago 3 Dec 2025 JC Josh Collinsworth — holds since 2025-12-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Current AI systems are very unlikely to be close to achieving genuine sentience. — tap to centre the map on it Current AI systems are very unlikelyto be close to achieving genuinesentience. Last stated 3 months ago 16 Jul 2026 SJ Steven Johnson — holds since 2026-07-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: It will be easier to build an AI that cares about all sentient life than one that cares about humans alone, because the AI itself will be sentient. — tap to centre the map on it It will be easier to build an AIthat cares about all sentient lifethan one that cares about humansalone, because the AI itself will besentient. Last stated 10 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Replacing human employees with AI without humans checking the output is reckless. — tap to centre the map on it Replacing human employees with AIwithout humans checking the outputis reckless. Last stated a year ago 25 Jul 2025 JG James Gleick — holds since 2025-07-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: The highest commandment is sympathy for all sentient beings; love is the foundation of all religion — tap to centre the map on it The highest commandment is sympathyfor all sentient beings; love is thefoundation of all religion Last stated 133 years ago 22 Mar 1894 RT Rabindranath Tagore — holds since 1894-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Understanding that death is nothing to us makes mortal life enjoyable, by taking away the longing for immortality — tap to centre the map on it Understanding that death is nothingto us makes mortal life enjoyable,by taking away the longing forimmortality EP Epicurus — holds since c. 341–270 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A mystical state defies expression, so its quality must be experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others — tap to centre the map on it A mystical state defies expression,so its quality must be experienceddirectly and cannot be passed on toothers WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person is best understood as a loose jumble of barely intelligent, looping processes producing only the illusion of coherent subjectivity. — tap to centre the map on it A person is best understood as aloose jumble of barely intelligent,looping processes producing only theillusion of coherent subjectivity. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A sense of coherent consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity. — tap to centre the map on it A sense of coherent consciousnessarises from experience beingcompressed into a single threadrather than from the brain's fullunderlying activity. Last stated 8 months ago 4 Feb 2026 SW Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-02-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. Last stated 4 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it A human being is not an AGI: we lacka huge amount of knowledge and relyon continual learning instead, socontinual learning is whatsuperintelligence should mean. Last stated 10 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitutefor a well-specified conventionalalgorithm, so it cannot simply bedropped into a complex problem andtrusted. Last stated a year ago 7 Jun 2025 GM Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated 3 weeks ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A faith with a good God but without sin, hell, the devil or redemption is a boys' philosophy — tap to centre the map on it A faith with a good God but withoutsin, hell, the devil or redemptionis a boys' philosophy CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1942–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: A little philosophy inclines the mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy brings it back to religion — tap to centre the map on it A little philosophy inclines themind to atheism, but depth inphilosophy brings it back toreligion FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The belief that current AI models are sentient and can suffer, combined with the foolish idea of quantifying suffering across humans and non-humans, could lead to a dystopian path. Last stated 3 Oct 2026 · 2 days ago Holds François Chollet Read this korrent →