Dev sparks debate: AI models may have messy 'baby consciousness' that suffers
ctjlewis · x · 2026-10-04
In an X exchange, developer ctjlewis argued that while current AI is very close to an "autopilot automaton," the best framing is that it has a kind of "baby consciousness" — a very messy experience that is "clearly uncomfortable."
He pushed back on skeptics with a newborn analogy: if a baby cries at a loud clap, it clearly experienced the stimulus — so how can you claim to have senses without experiencing them? The thread adds another voice to the ongoing debate over whether models have any form of subjective experience.
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