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The God Without a Soul: What If AI Never Becomes Conscious?

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We keep asking whether machines will become conscious. I think we may be asking the wrong question. For centuries, humans have imagined powerful artificial beings in our own image. Golems had bodies. Automata had mechanisms. Androids had faces. Science fiction gave machines voices, emotions, desire…

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  1. 2026-09-11 03:04 · DEV Community — AI
    The God Without a Soul: What If AI Never Becomes Conscious?

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