"Conscious carbon?" a snarky tweet reignites the AI consciousness debate
burny_tech · x · 2026-09-27
Ariel Kwiat tweeted mockingly: "Some people seriously think chunks of carbon with some electrons flowing around can actually be conscious?" — a jab reigniting the recurring debate over whether biological substrate is special for consciousness, versus silicon-based minds.
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