We apologize to our Roombas when we trip over them—so why do we hesitate to call an LLM conscious when it starts apologizing back? Maybe the real question isn’t if AI is conscious, but rather what ...

One of the most resonant questions in the debate over artificial intelligence and consciousness comes from philosopher David Chalmers, who framed what he called the "Hard Problem of Consciousness." ...

The debate over AI consciousness is back. Mustafa Suleyman, a leading AI executive, recently said that “seemingly conscious AI” is on the horizon. These are systems that, through ongoing enhancements ...

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman warns that AI chatbots could effectively imitate consciousness. This would just be an illusion, but people forming emotional attachments to AI might be a big problem.

Suleyman says it's a mistake to describe AI as if it has feelings or awareness, with serious potential consequences. AI companies extolling their creations can make the sophisticated algorithms sound ...

Pt. 1. A stream of illusion. Vision: the grand illusion / J. Kevin O'Regan ; The higher-order thought model of consciousness / David Rosenthal -- Pt. 2. The hard problem. Facing up to consciousness / ...