Core of the AI sentience debate: we don't know what processes brains need either
austinc3301 · x · 2026-10-02
Continuing the AI sentience debate, austinc3301 argues against the claim that AI lacks "the makeup and processes needed" for consciousness: we don't actually know if that's true, since we have no idea what processes in our own brains produce sentience—exactly why philosophers of mind and cognitive scientists remain confused.
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