Simulated Storms Don't Get You Wet: The AI Consciousness Debate

Gerard Sans sparked a philosophical debate on AI consciousness, arguing that simulating a storm never gets you wet and describing an apple never grows a tree—description is not existence, so symbolic models cannot be equated with conscious beings.

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