Turn_Trout calls out Mustafa Suleyman: nobody knows if AIs are conscious
rgblong · x · 2026-09-17
Mustafa Suleyman declared that "AIs are not conscious. They do not feel, experience, or suffer." Researcher TurnTrout publicly pushed back, arguing no one actually knows and that collapsing scientific uncertainty into confident claims is misleading. The exchange touches a core debate on AI consciousness and moral status.
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