NO, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS NOT CONSCIOUS
Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.
By Ted Chiang
https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/
Greg Egan
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