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17 connected korrents · 19 moments from 1 Feb 1903 to 3 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about consciousness .
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Read this korrent: Machines can be conscious
Machines can be conscious
Last stated 2 days ago
3 Oct 2026
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Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are
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Ramez Naam — holds since 2026-10-03 — 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 consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity.
Last stated 8 months ago
4 Feb 2026
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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 government dictate what experiences a person may have inside their own consciousness cannot call itself free.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Oct 2024
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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 no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough.
Last stated 9 years ago
24 Oct 2017
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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 will not become conscious, because consciousness is a property of life.
Last stated 4 years ago
7 Sept 2022
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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 ability to detach conscious experience from the here and now.
Last stated 2 months ago
17 Aug 2026
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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 double consciousness, always seeing themselves through the eyes of a contemptuous world
Last stated 124 years ago
1 Feb 1903
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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 on humans is an evolutionary byproduct of a plant's own defensive chemistry.
Last stated 7 years ago
15 Mar 2020
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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 not illusions: being emergent and non-fundamental is exactly as real as a table is.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Apr 2024
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Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — 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 supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated.
Last stated 4 months ago
4 Jun 2026
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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 lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean.
Last stated 10 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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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 substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted.
Last stated a year ago
7 Jun 2025
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Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — 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 being sentient are vanishingly small.
Last stated a month ago
31 Aug 2026
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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 are not the same act: one is a learned pattern about what to say, the other rests on having felt the thing.
Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
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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-aware being legal property does not resolve whether it has an interest in freedom.
Last stated 2 months ago
24 Jul 2026
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Peter Singer — holds since 2026-07-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A proposal to pace frontier AI development is unrealistic and mainly serves political control of AI. — tap to centre the map on it
A proposal to pace frontier AI development is unrealistic and mainly serves political control of AI.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
18 Sept 2026
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Ben Thompson — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Adapting over time is a workable answer to humans misusing AI and no answer at all to losing control of systems smarter than us. — tap to centre the map on it
Adapting over time is a workable answer to humans misusing AI and no answer at all to losing control of systems smarter than us.
Last stated 2 years ago
5 Apr 2025
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Helen Toner — holds since 2025-04-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Advanced AI is close enough that the preparations which take years have to be started now, whichever end of the expert range you believe. — tap to centre the map on it
Advanced AI is close enough that the preparations which take years have to be started now, whichever end of the expert range you believe.
Last stated 2 years ago
1 Apr 2025
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Helen Toner — holds since 2025-04-01 — tap for who they are
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Miles Brundage — holds since 2024-12-20 — tap for who they are
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Machines can be conscious
Last stated 3 Oct 2026 · 2 days ago
Holds Sunil Pai Ramez Naam
Read this korrent →
Same subject: consciousness
A sense of coherent consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity.
Last stated 4 Feb 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Stephen Wolfram
Same subject: consciousness
A society that lets its government dictate what experiences a person may have inside their own consciousness cannot call itself free.
Last stated 16 Oct 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Graham Hancock
Same subject: consciousness
A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough.
Last stated 24 Oct 2017 · 9 years ago
Holds Émile P. Torres
Same subject: consciousness
AI will out-think us, but it will not become conscious, because consciousness is a property of life.
Last stated 7 Sept 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Nick Lane
Same subject: consciousness
Awe is a uniquely human emotion, resting on the metacognitive ability to detach conscious experience from the here and now.
Last stated 17 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Ralph Adolphs
Same subject: consciousness
Black Americans live with a double consciousness, always seeing themselves through the eyes of a contemptuous world
Last stated 1 Feb 1903 · 124 years ago
Holds W. E. B. Du Bois
Same subject: consciousness
Caffeine's stimulating effect on humans is an evolutionary byproduct of a plant's own defensive chemistry.
Last stated 15 Mar 2020 · 7 years ago
Holds Michael Pollan
Same subject: consciousness
Consciousness and free will are not illusions: being emergent and non-fundamental is exactly as real as a table is.
Last stated 22 Apr 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Sean Carroll
Same subject: AGI
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.
Last stated 4 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Alex Imas
Same subject: AGI
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.
Last stated 25 Nov 2025 · 10 months ago
Holds Ilya Sutskever
Same subject: AGI
A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted.
Last stated 7 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds Gary Marcus
Same subject: AI sentience
AI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds Tyler Cowen
Same subject: AI sentience
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.
Last stated 10 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Fei-Fei Li
Same subject: AI sentience
Calling an intelligent, self-aware being legal property does not resolve whether it has an interest in freedom.
Last stated 24 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Peter Singer
Same subject: AI alignment
A proposal to pace frontier AI development is unrealistic and mainly serves political control of AI.
Last stated 18 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Ben Thompson
Same subject: AI alignment
Adapting over time is a workable answer to humans misusing AI and no answer at all to losing control of systems smarter than us.
Last stated 5 Apr 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Helen Toner
Same subject: AI alignment
Advanced AI is close enough that the preparations which take years have to be started now, whichever end of the expert range you believe.
Last stated 1 Apr 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Helen Toner Miles Brundage