AI Claims of Consciousness Are Not Evidence, Argues Writer

A writer argues debates over AI consciousness rest almost entirely on what models say, which is worthless as evidence in either direction—citing a lawyer's analogy that claiming pregnancy isn't pregnancy—and that internal states of agents can only be verified externally.

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