Grady Booch: claims that AIs can think or are conscious are emotion or self-interest
Grady_Booch · x · 2026-09-27
Software engineering pioneer Grady Booch pushes back on claims that contemporary AIs can think or are conscious, arguing such assertions stem from emotion or pecuniary interest rather than any informed, defensible position — "out of fear or out of envy," he says.
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