The missed angle in AI consciousness: regulating tech vs governing beings with rights
tedmitew · x · 2026-10-05
The author highlights an often-missed angle in the AI consciousness debate: once synthetic consciousness becomes a consensus, the discussion shifts from tech regulation to governing beings with rights, welfare, and legal standing — turning an engineering-ethics problem into a fundamental question of social institutions.
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