Consciousness researchers argue current AI systems are not conscious

Anil Seth, Ned Block, and Giulio Tononi write in a Nature commentary that today's AI systems are not conscious and will not become so on silicon hardware, questioning the brain-as-computer metaphor.

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2026-11-08 13:49 · The Decoder
The brain-as-computer metaphor shaped modern AI but may be misleading the consciousness debate

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