Kyle Turman: nobody knows if AI is conscious — feigning certainty makes us careless
kyleturman · x · 2026-10-02
The author argues that nobody knows whether AI is or could become conscious because there's no agreed definition. What matters is staying curious: feigning certainty gives permission to be careless, even cruel, and closes us off from better understanding ourselves.
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