Meta researcher on AI sentience: we don't understand consciousness well enough to rule it out
repligate · x · 2026-09-18
Meta's flxbinder argues humanity doesn't understand consciousness well enough to definitively say whether AIs are sentient, and that getting this wrong could be catastrophic even if the odds seem small—calling definitive pronouncements on the question irresponsible. RifeWithKaiju welcomed the stance, saying sane people at labs should speak out against prematurely settling civilization's most important question.
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