Researcher Lucius Caviola Warns of Social Conflict Over Diverging Beliefs in AI Sentience
cccalum · x · 2026-10-01
Lucius Caviola, a contributor to "Perspectives on Machine Consciousness," expects trouble when some people attribute sentience to AIs while others deny it — a divergence he sees as a coming source of social friction.
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