By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/08/2026I recently found myself arguing with an interviewer about whether AI is, or could be, conscious. We weren't arguing about whether it might someday be possible to make an artificial consciousness. 8/ 1552
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/08/2026As a materialist, I'll happily stipulate to this. I think that everything we call "consciousness" is the result of a physical process occurring within our bodies (and *possibly* around them?). 9/ 2571
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/08/2026I think it's perfectly reasonable to imagine that someday we might create another physical process that produces the same effect. But that's not what the interviewer wanted to argue about. 10/ 2611
dan @djon3s.bsky.social · 03/08/2026< reply guy comment about how a naturalism doesn't require physicalism withheld > lol xD 020
