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M.J. Crockett

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Professor of Psychology & Human Values at Princeton | Cognitive scientist curious about technology, narratives, & epistemic (in)justice | They/She 🏳️‍🌈 www.crockettlab.org
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Great piece on why AI is not conscious, from people who really know what they’re talking about www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Three reasons why AI is not conscious and perhaps never will be nature.com
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  • Anil Seth, Ned Block and Giulio Tononi argue in Nature that consciousness in silicon-based AI is 'extraordinarily unlikely'.
  • The cerebellum holds nearly four-fifths of the brain's neurons yet does not affect conscious experience, the authors note.
  • The trio rejects a precautionary approach to AI welfare, framing current LLMs as mirrors of our digitized past.
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Great piece on why AI is not conscious, from people who really know what they’re talking about www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Three reasons why AI is not conscious and perhaps never will be nature.com
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  • Three leading consciousness researchers argue in a Nature comment that today's silicon-based AI systems are extraordinarily unlikely to be conscious.
  • They separate intelligence from feeling, noting the cerebellum holds nearly four-fifths of the brain's neurons yet contributes nothing directly to consciousness.
  • They warn that treating appearances of mind in LLMs as real risks diverting welfare attention from beings whose capacity to suffer is already certain.
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View on Bluesky · ♥ 90 ↻ 32 ↩ 6 · 7 from the directory shared this · 18d ago

Great piece on why AI is not conscious, from people who really know what they’re talking about www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Three reasons why AI is not conscious and perhaps never will be nature.com
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  • Anil Seth, Ned Block and Giulio Tononi argue in a Nature comment published 19 October that current AI is not conscious and probably cannot be.
  • Their case stacks three moves: intelligence is not consciousness, computational functionalism is wrong, and leading theories of experience exclude today's architectures.
  • They judge false positives more likely than false negatives, so attributing consciousness to AI risks pulling moral attention from beings whose capacity to suffer is not in doubt.
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View on Bluesky · ♥ 90 ↻ 32 ↩ 6 · 7 from the directory shared this · 18d ago

Great piece on why AI is not conscious, from people who really know what they’re talking about www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Three reasons why AI is not conscious and perhaps never will be nature.com
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  • Three leading consciousness researchers argue in Nature that today's AI systems are not conscious and probably never will be.
  • They separate intelligence from consciousness, noting the cerebellum holds nearly four-fifths of brain neurons yet produces no awareness.
  • They reject the idea that algorithms on silicon suffice for experience, calling large language models 'mirrors' of our digitized past.
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View on Bluesky · ♥ 90 ↻ 32 ↩ 6 · 7 from the directory shared this · 18d ago

Great piece on why AI is not conscious, from people who really know what they’re talking about www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Three reasons why AI is not conscious and perhaps never will be nature.com
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  • Three senior consciousness researchers argue in a Nature essay that today's AI systems are not conscious and perhaps never will be.
  • They define consciousness as what disappears in dreamless sleep or under general anaesthesia, and treat it as distinct from intelligence.
  • The trio rejects computational functionalism and leans on integrated information theory to argue silicon architectures miss the bar.
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View on Bluesky · ♥ 90 ↻ 32 ↩ 6 · 7 from the directory shared this · 18d ago

Great piece on why AI is not conscious, from people who really know what they’re talking about www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Three reasons why AI is not conscious and perhaps never will be nature.com
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  • Three leading consciousness researchers, Anil Seth, Ned Block and Giulio Tononi, co-signed a Nature essay arguing today's AI is not conscious.
  • Their first reason: the cerebellum holds nearly four-fifths of the brain's neurons yet contributes nothing to subjective experience, dissociating intelligence from consciousness.
  • They reject computational functionalism and argue deep-learning systems also fail on wiring, the interconnection pattern that integrated information theory requires.
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