Current LLMs do not have inner worlds or conscious experiences because we lack mechanistic understanding of consciousness, though if certain theories of consciousness involving dynamical system attractors prove correct, it's theoretically possible future AI could have subjective experience.

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Speaker

Yoshua Bengio

Evidence Quote

“we'll need to better understand what consciousness actually means in a mechanical way...we don't have a good handle on right now”

Source

Why a Forefather of AI Fears the Future | World Science Festival— World Science Festival
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:45:56 PM

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