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Machines can be conscious

Drawn from what Ramez Naam and Sunil Pai said

SubjectsAGIAI sentienceconsciousness
What these subjects mean

AI sentience Whether there is anything it is like to be one of these systems, and whether the question is even well posed.

consciousness What it is for there to be something it is like to be a system, and whether that can be measured.

On the topicCan a machine be conscious?under our view: Nothing ties consciousness to carbon, so a machine can have it

What they actually said

  1. Ramez Naam Author and clean-energy investor who has been publishing… It's clear to me that consciousness can exist in other substrates than humans, including in digital systems. @ramez on Xx.com · 3 Oct 2026
    Their wordsIt's clear to me that consciousness can exist in other substrates than humans, including in digital systems.

    ↗@ramez on Xx.com

    3 Oct 2026

  2. Sunil Pai Systems and developer-tools engineer at Cloudflare as of 2026 I absolutely think machines can be conscious, and it’s not a dramatic thing to believe. @threepointone on Xx.com · 3 Oct 2026
    Their wordsI absolutely think machines can be conscious, and it’s not a dramatic thing to believe.

    ↗@threepointone on Xx.com

    3 Oct 2026

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