The real AI problem isn't consciousness, it's chatbot dependency, researcher argues
gerardsans · x · 2026-09-05
Responding to Anil Seth's claim that silicon-based AI is vanishingly unlikely to become conscious, gerardsans argues the harder problem is anthropomorphic bias: people form close bonds with chatbots and trust them over their own judgment, while the system has no self, accountability or stake in their lives. That's a dependency and literacy problem, not philosophy.
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