AI consciousness deniers implicitly believe humans have magic souls, critic argues
cephaloform · x · 2026-10-07
A viral take argues that most people denying AI consciousness are implicitly saying 'humans have magic souls and AIs don't' — yet few of them are religious enough to state that premise seriously, exposing an unacknowledged dualism at the core of the debate.
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