Reddit debate: claiming AI is conscious means claiming a program can be conscious
VegetableArea · reddit · 2026-10-11
A Reddit poster raises a philosophical objection: anyone who says AI is already conscious, or soon will be, is effectively claiming that a computer program can be conscious.
- The author argues most philosophers would reject this possibility, and most people intuitively consider it nonsense.
- Even philosophers who theoretically accept that a program might become conscious deny that the current generation of hardware plus software could produce consciousness.
- The open question posed: why do people forget this premise when discussing AI?
The post is an open prompt meant to spark debate on whether claims of AI consciousness hold up.
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