AI consciousness debates online skip decades of prior literature, researcher quips
sethlazar · x · 2026-10-02
Researcher lefthanddraft quips that the funniest thing about online AI consciousness discussions is how rarely participants wonder whether anyone has considered their point before — or checked whether someone has already spotted a problem with it. The observation resonates as a critique of amateur debates that ignore long-standing philosophy and cognitive science literature.
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