Lee Cronin: Pretending AI is Conscious is Delusional
AryHHAry · x · 2026-09-01
Lee Cronin criticized those claiming AI is conscious as charlatans, noting that decisions trace back to humans. The discussion distinguishes between whether systems have subjective experience (they don't) and whether humans mistake linguistic fluency for sentience. The latter phenomenon dates back to ELIZA, where even secretaries knowing it was a program asked to be left alone to 'talk' with it.
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