The 'fecal criterion for consciousness': AI circle's latest consciousness meme
yeastsplainer · x · 2026-08-21
In a thread on AI consciousness, yeastsplainer jokes about a "fecal criterion for consciousness": does X defecate? If not, unconscious. The argument is that consciousness is forever chained to the body and muck — the ultimate horror for Socrates of the Phaedo. The quoted tweet from Nora Belrose claims she proposes a theory of consciousness and that experiments could prove she's a fleshy lifeform, not a robot.
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