2026-10-24 00:12 UTC
The title states “computer scientist says” AI is concious. The quotes in the article don’t support that.
If that’s the case, he said, then it’s hypocritical of us to give intelligent beings like birds “fewer rights than us.” And for that, we must quickly atone.
That line leaves a lot of ambiguity over what he really believes as its not a direct quote and instead seems to be conjecture by the author. However, based on that line he’s not taking a stance on their conciousness, as it’s a conditional statement.
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@rhamph@awful.systems 2026-10-24 00:35
You’re fixated on charitably reading between the lines when far more pertinent – the entire point of this discussion here – is that the possibility is being raised at all. Is water conscious? Should we consider the ramifications of drinking fluids that react to potential gradients? Why would anyone be conjecturing the consciousness of computer software if they did not already think it were plausible, and why would they spend any time discussing it in preference to anything else?