New essay asks: why humans have consciousness but AI cannot
AnnaCiaunica · x · 2026-09-15
Cognitive scientist Anna Ciaunica has a forthcoming piece in The Montreal Review's Mind Series titled "What is consciousness, and why do humans have it but AI cannot?"
The central question: is AI's inability to be conscious mainly due to overlooked differences between qualitative (human) and quantitative (AI) information processing?
The piece has drawn attention from consciousness researchers including Anil Seth and Karl Friston.
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