For current AI systems it is very unlikely they are conscious; consciousness may be confused with intelligence, and the assumption that computation is the basis of consciousness is shaky, even if the brain is a biological machine producing consciousness—it may be a different kind of machine that silicon cannot emulate.
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Anil SethEvidence Quote
“I think for the kinds of AI that we have at the moment I think it's very very unlikely I think can't be ruled out but I I think that we overestimate the possibility because we can Flame Consciousness with intelligence and we have still this pervasive idea that that computation of some sort is the basis of Consciousness and I think that is really a really shaky assumption”
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:02:17 PM
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