Consciousness is a verb, not a transferable noun — why AI cannot have it
AnnaCiaunica · x · 2026-10-14
Researcher Anna Ciaunica shares her Montréal Review essay "What is Consciousness, and Why Do Humans Have It But AI Cannot?" via Dorothea Baur's quote: consciousness should not be used as a noun — implying an object movable between brains or uploadable between bodies — but understood as a verb, "conscious experiencing," something only embodied living organisms do. A embodied-cognition rebuttal to mind-uploading narratives, arguing consciousness is "not a thing in the head but a journey."
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