Microsoft's AI Consciousness Stance Called Out as Incoherent
rgblong · x · 2026-09-15
rgblong argues Microsoft's AI principles contain an incoherent package of views on machine consciousness: it's fine to hold that AI might be conscious, but flatly asserting AI is not conscious alongside that — as Microsoft does — muddies the issue, and the company's own writings show it knows better.
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