Andrew Trask: AI attribution is closely tied to the question of AI consciousness
iamtrask · x · 2026-10-04
Following up on his claim that a phone call would pass the Turing test under the right priors, Andrew Trask argues that AI attribution — how we ascribe intent and capability to a system — is deeply connected to the question of AI consciousness.
The underlying logic: whether a system "seems human or conscious" depends on the attributional frame we apply to its behavior, not on the system's objective properties.
Related event: Ex-OpenAI researcher says phones already pass the Turing test(2 posts)→
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