31 Experts, One Question, No Consensus: Some Put LLM Consciousness Odds at 25%
cccalum · x · 2026-10-09
"Perspectives on Machine Consciousness" asks the same question to 31 experts and gets no consensus: Cameron Berg puts the odds that today's LLMs are conscious as high as 25%, while Anil Seth argues consciousness requires being alive. The project lets the opposing camps argue it out, offering a snapshot of how sharply the machine consciousness debate is split.
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