Clive Wearing insists he's dead despite being awake — a consciousness case AI circles cite
yeastsplainer · x · 2026-09-18
The thread cites Clive Wearing, who lost his entire episodic memory to illness: awake all day like anyone, he constantly claims to be dead, unconscious, and devoid of sensation; his wife shows him video of himself playing music, saying 'See? You're conscious.' AI circles use the case to discuss memory, consciousness, and the reliability of self-report — often contrasted with debates over whether LLMs 'experience' anything.
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