Andrew Trask: solving AI attribution would also solve AI consciousness
iamtrask · x · 2026-10-03
Andrew Trask (iamtrask) posted a one-line claim: "if AI attribution gets solved, AI consciousness does too" — implying that interpretability/attribution techniques precise enough to trace model behavior to its sources would also settle whether models have inner experience. A philosophy-flavored take sparking debate.
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