Consciousness vs intelligence: researchers clash over whether AI can truly think
AndyMasley · x · 2026-09-11
Responding to claims that AI is "less intelligent than bacteria" and can never be superintelligent, Andrew Masley argues many smart people conflate first-person consciousness with intelligence. He contends an entity doesn't need consciousness to mimic or even genuinely possess intelligence — a recurring functionalism-vs-skepticism debate in AI philosophy.
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