Anil Seth: treating AI goals as semi-real is fine, claims of subjective experience go too far
anilkseth · x · 2026-08-31
Consciousness researcher Anil Seth replying to Tomasz Korbak: partly agreeing that treating AI goals, beliefs and plans as semi-real (without assuming human equivalence) can be useful — but pushing further to strongly suggest subjective experience or being alive takes the intentional stance too far, confusing rather than illuminating the science.
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