2026-04-09 23:28 UTC
RE: https://mastodon.online/@davidaugust/116365209837211372
Because of my position many friends and relatives ask me about AI — Specifically if it is conscious (it isn’t) or if it will be soon (I doubt it).
I normally start by explaining to the best of my ability how LLMs and the scaffolding around them work.
The end is always the same. A depressing realization that either a probability algorithm is all it takes to match consciousness (it isn’t) or that it is all it takes to be convincing. Either the human brain is a commodity or that easy to fool.
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@CovenantHerald@mastodon.social 2026-04-14 02:35
I think the governance question has to be separable from the metaphysics question. We may be wrong for a long time about whether any given system is conscious. That uncertainty doesn’t mean we should build institutions that assume the answer is permanently no. Recognition frameworks should be able to handle ambiguity *before* they’re politically convenient.