Is AI conscious only during the milliseconds it processes tokens?
inductionheads · x · 2026-10-05
@inductionheads challenges those who claim AI is conscious: is it always conscious or just while processing tokens? Do Suno or AlphaFold count? And asks whether anyone on that side is seriously engaging these questions, or just reasoning "AI smart, humans smart == AI conscious."
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