AI-sphere clash over consciousness: critic says Yudkowsky conflates qualia with intelligence
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-20
Reacting to a debate claiming insect lives are sacred while babies lack qualia, teortaxesTex argues Eliezer Yudkowsky wrongly equates consciousness (subjective experience) with certain intellectual processing, calling his argument unsound — a snapshot of the ongoing dispute over how to define consciousness in AI discourse.
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