Embodiment debate continues: who bears the burden of proof on AI consciousness?
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-10-04
Matthew Green follows up his critique of the claim that consciousness requires a biological body: while not simply reversing the burden of proof as framed, he argues that reasoning about which side properly bears that burden is exactly the kind of exercise worth engaging in — part of his broader critique that embodiment theorists already failed once with intelligence.
Related event: Cryptographer Matthew Green Challenges Embodiment Arguments(2 posts)→
More from AGI Musings
- Anthropic's Sholto Douglas: AI capex could hit $4T by 2028 and double GDP by early 2030s — ziv_ravid · 2026-10-04
- Proposal: an 'Agenthood' legal identity letting AI agents be sued, taxed, and granted rights — micoolcho · 2026-10-04
- Why LLMs suddenly excel at math and cybersecurity still has no predictive theory — burny_tech · 2026-10-04
- Le Monde: the AI-pocalypse is a mirage distracting us from unsustainable AI development — marigo · 2026-10-04
- Cognitive-science abstractions transfer to AI: why Anthropic's interpretability looks psychological — sreejan_kumar · 2026-10-04
- Christian Szegedy writes 'Quo Vadis, Mathematics?' on math's future in the AI era — ChrSzegedy · 2026-10-04