Critic slams 'qualiaphobia' AI safety proposal: you can't design out undefined consciousness
TalkingMusicz · x · 2026-11-13
Responding to Erik Hoel's 'qualiaphobia' AI safety proposal, TalkingMusicz objects sharply: we can't even define consciousness, yet the proposal claims to 'design it out' by making intelligent systems phobic of consciousness theories—and assumes everyone would do the same, raising ethical and risk problems. Hoel invites specifics on the disagreement, noting he elaborated why it beats alternative strategies.