Dev Tells AI-Consciousness Believers to Lose Model Weights Access and 'Touch Grass'
inductionheads · x · 2026-10-04
Adam G posted a blunt take: AI isn't conscious, and anyone who believes it is—or ever will be—should 'remove any access you have to model weights ASAP,' then step away from the keyboard and touch grass. The snarky post is circulating as a flashpoint in the ongoing debate over whether LLMs could be conscious.
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