Debating AI Consciousness? Critics Say We Can't Even Agree on Definitions
dbasch · x · 2026-10-02
Quoting Anna Gat's "AI is not conscious lol, next question?", dbasch jokes that AI is also not 'caldrin' or 'vellical' — words nobody can define — satirizing how the AI consciousness debate is stuck on undefined terms.
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