A Third of People Worldwide Say They've Felt an AI Seemed Conscious
cccalum · x · 2026-10-13
According to data cited by Soenke Ziesche, a contributor to "Perspectives on Machine Consciousness," a third of people worldwide say they've felt that an AI seemed conscious. He argues the debate over AI moral status may be settled not in labs but in living rooms, driven by companion AIs.
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