Roko Mijic presses AI-consciousness believers: conscious only while processing tokens?
RokoMijic · x · 2026-10-05
Roko Mijic challenges "AI is conscious" proponents: is an AI always conscious, or only during the milliseconds it processes tokens? Are Suno or AlphaFold conscious? He notes the definition of consciousness is itself murky — are humans conscious asleep or under anaesthesia? — and asks whether anyone takes these questions seriously or just reasons "AI smart, humans smart == AI conscious."
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