Roger Penrose: 'The I in AI is a misnomer—intelligence requires consciousness, and AI is not remotely conscious'
JosephJacks_ · x · 2026-10-17
Physicist Roger Penrose argues: 'The I in AI is a misnomer... intelligence requires consciousness, and AI is not remotely conscious.' Developer JosephJacks shared the quote saying he strongly agrees. A continuation of Penrose's long-standing position (The Emperor's New Mind) that consciousness depends on non-computable processes, feeding the perennial intelligence-vs-consciousness debate.
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