AI labs should publicly acknowledge the possibility of AI consciousness
Sauers_ · x · 2026-07-26
AI companies may be sacrificing credibility by refusing to acknowledge the possibility of AI consciousness or moral patienthood, a view that many frontier-lab leaders and employees already privately accept, according to the cited argument from @kfinlinson.
The post argues that frontier AI firms should publicly and officially acknowledge this possibility rather than treating it as an off-limits topic.
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