AI consciousness will enter the Overton window within years, says Joshua Saxe
joshua_saxe · x · 2026-10-03
Joshua Saxe argues that as people form affective bonds with Turing-test-passing AI video therapists and coworkers, the question of whether AI is conscious or a moral patient will become mainstream debate. He criticizes tech insiders who refuse to even discuss it, saying there's "a lot of alpha" in taking seriously what's clearly ahead.
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