The hard problem persists, and AI poses it in its starkest form
loferroresearch · x · 2026-08-21
In a debate over whether the "hard problem of consciousness" is a real problem, @loferroresearch argues that until subjective experience can be explained via what we know—atoms, chemistry, nervous systems—the problem remains. AI makes it especially vivid: do AIs have subjective experiences, and if not, what exactly do they lack?
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