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← Current AI systems are very unlikely to be close to achieving genuine sentience.

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 27 Oct 2009 to 3 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under animal welfare animal welfare Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under AGI AGI Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Current AI systems are very unlikely to be close to achieving genuine sentience. Current AI systems are very unlikely to beclose to achieving genuine sentience. Last stated 4 months ago 16 Jul 2026 SJ Steven Johnson — holds since 2026-07-16 — 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 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: As we redesign life with new technologies, we should weigh the welfare of all sentient beings, not just humans — tap to centre the map on it As we redesign life with newtechnologies, we should weigh thewelfare of all sentient beings, notjust humans Last stated 11 years ago 25 Sept 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-09-25 — 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 a month 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 11 months ago 3 Dec 2025 JC Josh Collinsworth — holds since 2025-12-03 — 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 11 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: Science has shown beyond reasonable doubt that farm animals are sentient beings who can suffer — tap to centre the map on it Science has shown beyond reasonabledoubt that farm animals are sentientbeings who can suffer Last stated 11 years ago 25 Sept 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-09-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Talk of helping others is an easier place to hide than transforming oneself. — tap to centre the map on it Talk of helping others is an easierplace to hide than transformingoneself. Last stated 3 years ago 23 Apr 2024 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2024-04-23 — 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 pain is essentially defined by how it feels, so knowing how it feels is knowing what it is. — tap to centre the map on it A pain is essentially defined by howit feels, so knowing how it feels isknowing what it is. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jul 2026 PG Philip Goff — holds since 2026-07-15 — 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 months ago 18 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Domesticated animals are collectively the most successful animals on Earth and individually the most miserable that ever existed — tap to centre the map on it Domesticated animals arecollectively the most successfulanimals on Earth and individuallythe most miserable that ever existed Last stated 11 years ago 25 Sept 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-09-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Effective altruism's work on the far future is not a bait and switch hiding behind its work on global health; both halves are worth defending. — tap to centre the map on it Effective altruism's work on the farfuture is not a bait and switchhiding behind its work on globalhealth; both halves are worthdefending. Last stated 3 years ago 28 Nov 2023 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-11-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Factory farming of animals will be looked back on as a relic of a less-evolved age — tap to centre the map on it Factory farming of animals will belooked back on as a relic of aless-evolved age Last stated 17 years ago 27 Oct 2009 NP Natalie Portman — holds since 2009-10-27 — 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 5 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 11 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
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At the centre Current AI systems are very unlikely to be close to achieving genuine sentience. Last stated 16 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago Holds Steven Johnson Read this korrent →