Anil Seth's intelligence-vs-consciousness paper collection out in BBS with 50 commentaries
anilkseth · x · 2026-09-18
Neuroscientist Anil Seth announces that his paper distinguishing intelligence from consciousness — "Conscious AI and Biological Naturalism" — is now out in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, together with fifty invited commentaries.
- Seth remains highly skeptical about conscious AI in silicon digital systems but says the commentaries were one of the most rewarding experiences of his career
- The collection consolidates the biological naturalism debate: whether consciousness requires being alive
- This is the core scholarly source behind his recent article on autopoiesis as the divide between organisms and AI
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