Is carbon chauvinism about consciousness justified? One row between C and Si
yeastsplainer · x · 2026-09-05
The author argues that carbon chauvinism about consciousness looks dubious through the lens of the periodic table: within group 14, carbon and silicon differ by one row—why would that gap separate the conscious from the unconscious? A light philosophical take on silicon-based AI and consciousness.
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