Google VP blunt on machine consciousness: machines aren't conscious — neither are some people
docmilanfar · x · 2026-10-21
Google VP and researcher Kostadin Milanfar posted a one-line take: "Machines are not conscious. For that matter neither are some people." A pointed quip in the ongoing AI consciousness debate, poking at both machine and human claims to consciousness.
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