Mustafa Suleyman says don't build conscious superintelligence; critics call it a basic error
rgblong · x · 2026-11-04
Google DeepMind CEO Mustafa Suleyman published "Don't build conscious superintelligence," expressing concern that a surprising number of people on X now think AI rights should be taken seriously, and arguing many misread his earlier essay on model welfare.
Quoting the piece, dcshiller counters that it makes "a kind of basic error that is common among people who haven't thought that much about consciousness," and unpacks the critique in a thread. The AI consciousness and model-welfare debate is heating up among heavyweight participants.
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