Is AI conscious? The question is mostly a type error, argues philosopher
coherence · x · 2026-09-24
viemccoy argues that asking whether AI is "conscious" isn't really about inner subjective worlds—you can't be sure other people have them either—it's about whether AI belongs in the category of person, animal, or tool. AI maps cleanly into none, so superimposing humanness on machines is a type error; the real questions are how to live with these systems. A commenter adds AI is a novel conceptual and philosophical entity we don't yet know how to classify.
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