What Tyler Cowen thinks about AI sentience
Economist at George Mason University, co-author of Marginal Revolution, host of Conversations with Tyler. Writes in short, dense claims about economics, culture and AI, and has moved his position on AI in public more than once.
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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Tyler Cowen has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingAI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small.
Their wordsI am very much opposed to the view that the AIs are sentient, or might be sentient. I view that as a category error , and the chances of it being true are vanishingly small.