Anil Seth's advice for AI-consciousness believers: go touch grass
anilkseth · x · 2026-10-25
Neuroscientist Anil Seth mocked beliefs that chatbots are conscious, that we live in a simulation, or that minds are meat algorithms: his recommended Sunday activity for such believers is literally touching real grass, illustrated with a photo of his hand in the lawn.
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