'Consciousness is too hard to study' is a strange argument: it's the only thing we directly know
cccalum · x · 2026-10-10
Calum Chace discusses machine consciousness on the London Futurists Podcast, pushing back on the common claim that consciousness is "too hard to study."
His argument: consciousness is the only thing any of us directly knows, so dismissing it as unapproachable is incoherent. The episode covers multiple perspectives on AI and machine consciousness, making it a substantive discussion of the philosophy behind AGI trajectories.
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