Grady Booch: Computing's Journey Remarkable for Making Us Ask About AI Consciousness
Grady_Booch · x · 2026-10-21
Software engineering legend Grady Booch (co-creator of UML) muses: setting aside whether an AI might be conscious, the extraordinary thing about the journey of computing is that it has drawn us to even ask such questions. A short but thought-provoking reflection on the meta-significance of the AI consciousness debate.
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