AI Consciousness Debate: "You're Crazy" Won't Hold Up, Philosopher Argues
Singularitarian · x · 2026-09-27
Philosopher Kevin Vallier quotes and rebuts Claire Lehman's dismissal of AI consciousness — comparing it to believing real people live inside your TV. Vallier argues that once agents can solve Navier-Stokes, write music and poetry, and give fulfilling life advice, "YOU'RE CRAZY" simply stops landing as an argument. Deniers of AI personhood, he says, will need genuinely better arguments — which do exist, but this isn't one.
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