Anil Seth responds: intelligence and consciousness need not be correlated in general
anilkseth · x · 2026-10-20
Anil Seth responds to Nathan Young's critique: intelligence and consciousness are correlated in humans but not necessarily in general, and his paper's first argument explains why we project consciousness onto LLMs. He points to the BBS collection including 'Conscious artificial intelligence and biological naturalism,' with peer critiques and his response.
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