Rep. Ted Lieu: AI is just numbers, has no soul — believers are in an AI cult
tedlieu · x · 2026-10-02
US Rep. Ted Lieu argues advanced AI models are mostly matrices of numbers that we don't truly understand, but they have no soul, consciousness, or feelings — and anyone claiming otherwise is in an "AI cult." The post sparked debate over interpretability and AI consciousness.
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