Philosopher Mocks LLM Consciousness Debate, Gets Pushed Back on X
akbirthko · x · 2026-10-12
Philosopher Hanno Sauer tweeted: "If you ever considered, however briefly, even just for a second, whether LLMs could be conscious or not, you are in too deep." User akbirthko requoted it with a jab: "something more children should know is that most adults are just stupid."
The exchange captures the two camps in the AI consciousness debate: those who see consciousness talk about current LLMs as pure projection, and those who think flatly dismissing the question is equally unearned arrogance.
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