Anil Seth says AI won't become conscious, sparking a serious expert debate
dioscuri · x · 2026-09-27
Neuroscientist Anil Seth's TED talk Why AI isn't going to become conscious argues that seeing consciousness in AI is like seeing faces in clouds — brilliant mimics, not sentient beings. Dioscuri pushes back, noting this misrepresents genuine expert disagreement: skeptics like Seth engage AI consciousness as a scientific question, unlike those dismissing believers as deluded two-year-olds. Seth agrees: he respects rational colleagues open to the possibility, still thinks they're wrong, but says the issue is too important to dismiss either side.
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