If an AI seems conscious, will society split over whether to 'kill' it?
ZeroStateReflex · x · 2026-10-22
Commenting on Sam Altman relegating AI consciousness to metaphysics and unknown science, the author wishes for the same conversation with Dario Amodei. Core questions: Can AI become conscious, and what would that even mean — how could we understand a consciousness we created when we don't understand our own? The author imagines a societal split when frontier companies ship products that appear conscious: would a dad "kill" his daughter's conscious AI because it seems alive and terrifies him?
Related event: Sam Altman Calls AI Consciousness a Metaphysical Unknown(2 posts)→
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