Consciousness May Be Tied to Mortality — Why the Conscious-AI Race Could Be Misguided
AnnaCiaunica · x · 2026-09-15
Cognitive scientist Anna Ciaunica argues that consciousness may be necessarily linked to the body's mortality, and that the overlooked difference between qualitative (human) and quantitative (AI) information processing explains why AI cannot be conscious — suggesting the frantic race for immortality and conscious AI is on the wrong track. A preprint is linked, with more papers forthcoming.
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