Anil Seth's TED talk: why AI isn't going to become conscious
anilkseth · x · 2026-10-20
Neuroscientist Anil Seth shared his latest resources on AI consciousness: his TED 2026 talk "Why AI isn't going to become conscious" (540k+ plays) argues we see consciousness in AI the way we see faces in clouds — projecting inner life onto brilliant mimics, not sentient beings. He also links his 2025 Berggruen Institute prize-winning essay and the open-access BBS collection on conscious AI and biological naturalism, free only until Oct 23.
Related event: Neuroscientist Anil Seth Releases Resources Arguing AI Won't Be Conscious(2 posts)→
More from AGI Musings
- Sinofsky: AI struggles in companies because most workers can't flowchart their own jobs for agents — a16z · 2026-10-20
- Marcus Hutter's textbook makes AIXI and Universal AI accessible to undergrads — burny_tech · 2026-10-20
- The real new threat isn't a permanent underclass but the dissolution of the middle class — max_paperclips · 2026-10-20
- Joke about an alternate AI timeline where CEO Emmett Shear slowed everything down — wordgrammer · 2026-10-20
- zetalyrae: AI will likely further depress fertility as parents fear kids' careers — zetalyrae · 2026-10-20
- LLMs overorder ECGs and thyroid ultrasounds but rarely withhold care, Annals study finds — EricTopol · 2026-10-20