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← If AI is conscious, it is so by accident, because we do not know what consciousness is

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Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under Silicon Valley Silicon Valley Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: If AI is conscious, it is so by accident, because we do not know what consciousness is If AI is conscious, it is so by accident,because we do not know what consciousnessis Last stated a week ago 27 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-27 — 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 society that lets its government dictate what experiences a person may have inside their own consciousness cannot call itself free. — tap to centre the map on it A society that lets its governmentdictate what experiences a personmay have inside their ownconsciousness cannot call itselffree. Last stated 2 years ago 16 Oct 2024 GH Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough. — tap to centre the map on it A superintelligence needs noconsciousness, emotions or malice tobe dangerous; a goal system slightlymisaligned with ours is enough. Last stated 9 years ago 24 Oct 2017 ÉT Émile P. Torres — holds since 2017-10-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI will out-think us, but it will not become conscious, because consciousness is a property of life. — tap to centre the map on it AI will out-think us, but it willnot become conscious, becauseconsciousness is a property of life. Last stated 4 years ago 7 Sept 2022 NL Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Awe is a uniquely human emotion, resting on the metacognitive ability to detach conscious experience from the here and now. — tap to centre the map on it Awe is a uniquely human emotion,resting on the metacognitive abilityto detach conscious experience fromthe here and now. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 RA Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Black Americans live with a double consciousness, always seeing themselves through the eyes of a contemptuous world — tap to centre the map on it Black Americans live with a doubleconsciousness, always seeingthemselves through the eyes of acontemptuous world Last stated 124 years ago 1 Feb 1903 WB W. E. B. Du Bois — holds since 1903-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Caffeine's stimulating effect on humans is an evolutionary byproduct of a plant's own defensive chemistry. — tap to centre the map on it Caffeine's stimulating effect onhumans is an evolutionary byproductof a plant's own defensivechemistry. Last stated 7 years ago 15 Mar 2020 MP Michael Pollan — holds since 2020-03-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Consciousness and free will are not illusions: being emergent and non-fundamental is exactly as real as a table is. — tap to centre the map on it Consciousness and free will are notillusions: being emergent andnon-fundamental is exactly as realas a table is. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — 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: An AI's sympathy and a friend's are not the same act: one is a learned pattern about what to say, the other rests on having felt the thing. — tap to centre the map on it An AI's sympathy and a friend's arenot the same act: one is a learnedpattern about what to say, the otherrests on having felt the thing. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Calling an intelligent, self-aware being legal property does not resolve whether it has an interest in freedom. — tap to centre the map on it Calling an intelligent, self-awarebeing legal property does notresolve whether it has an interestin freedom. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Jul 2026 PS Peter Singer — holds since 2026-07-24 — 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: "Move fast and break things" is the wrong mantra when you are dealing with atoms; the job is to move fast and ship safely. — tap to centre the map on it "Move fast and break things" is thewrong mantra when you are dealingwith atoms; the job is to move fastand ship safely. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Aug 2026 DD Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI companies promote themselves around 'taste' because their products are unappealing outside tech circles. — tap to centre the map on it AI companies promote themselvesaround 'taste' because theirproducts are unappealing outsidetech circles. Last stated 6 months ago 26 Mar 2026 KC Kyle Chayka — holds since 2026-03-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Algorithmic optimization can optimize people to be resentful and angry online — tap to centre the map on it Algorithmic optimization canoptimize people to be resentful andangry online Last stated 5 years ago 15 Feb 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-02-15 — tap for who they are
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At the centre If AI is conscious, it is so by accident, because we do not know what consciousness is Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · a week ago Holds Noah Smith Read this korrent →