Quoted take says AI-consciousness believers need psychedelics; reply roasts it
ctjlewis · x · 2026-10-05
@StevenFan argued that people who think AI is conscious need to meditate, dance, be a body, or do psychedelics—claiming they seek felt aliveness in the most cognitive of places. @ctjlewis quote-tweeted the roast: "Guy just getting into psychedelics: Yeah you gotta do more psychedelics." A neat capsule of the embodied-vs-cognitive split in the AI consciousness debate.
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