Gary Marcus mocks LLM consciousness claims: 'math equations are not conscious'
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-10-03
Gary Marcus amplified a quip from US Rep. Ted Lieu skewering AI-consciousness panic: math equations aren't conscious, rocks aren't conscious, and hooking them to a random number generator wouldn't change that — you don't need a definition of consciousness to know the Pythagorean theorem can't think.
The post mocks takes like wondering whether closing Word kills a sentient being, continuing Marcus's long-running skepticism of LLM consciousness hype.
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