AI philosophy's major camps were mapped out in the 1980s — and SF discourse largely ignores them
siglesias · x · 2026-09-26
The author observes that the major camps in philosophy of AI were laid out in broad strokes in the 1980s, yet discourse in the SF AI scene proceeds largely in ignorance of that work. He notes those philosophers already assumed AI would pass the Turing test, and whatever capabilities exist now were foreseen decades ago.
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