Why Couldn't AI Be Conscious? Reddit Thread Challenges Intuition-Based Objections
Successful-Lie1603 · reddit · 2026-09-15
A Reddit long-post argues that objections to AI consciousness rest mostly on intuition — like the gut sense that silicon-based systems can't be conscious — rather than reason. The author notes we don't understand consciousness at all and no theoretical construct shows a machine with brain-scale 'neurons' couldn't be conscious, while stopping short of claiming AI is or will be conscious.
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