What Jacob Falkovich thinks about consciousness

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Writer of the blog Putanumonit and the newsletter Second Person, on rationality, dating and probability; based in New York.

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19 Aug 2023

Our readingIt is unclear whether a digital emulation of a person could ever be conscious, even in principle.

Their wordsBut it is not clear at all that such a being could even exist in principle.

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