Anil Seth endorses Chris Anderson's video: Claude can't decide if it's conscious — that settles it
anilkseth · x · 2026-11-16
Neuroscientist Anil Seth shared Chris Anderson's (TED) new video approvingly. Anderson revealed that while making it he argued with Claude about whether the model is conscious — and Claude itself wasn't sure. To Anderson, that very uncertainty confirms it isn't: "If you are [conscious], you know." The exchange revives the LLM-consciousness debate, with a leading consciousness researcher treating a model's hedged self-report as evidence of absence.
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