Is AI conscious? It's like asking if a PC running a PS emulator is more computer
ryunuck · x · 2026-10-04
A short analogy arguing that the question of whether AI is conscious is ill-posed: asking it is like asking whether a computer running a PlayStation emulator becomes "more computer." The point implies the consciousness debate conflates different kinds of properties.
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