New Cambridge Book Explores AI Consciousness: Could Emerge Within 5 to 30 Years
tallmetommy · x · 2026-08-14
Cambridge University Press has released a new book on AI and Consciousness, available for free online reading until August 26.
The book posits a core thesis: within the next 5 to 30 years, our most advanced AI systems could become as richly and meaningfully conscious as ordinary humans, or even more so. Commenters further noted that we may mass-produce morally ambiguous digital beings before science can distinguish genuine conscious experience from perfect performance.
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