There's a lot of talk about AI and consciousness these days. While I really enjoy that this is a debate people are willing to have in good faith now, I also notice that few of the voices seem to be familiar with the vast philosophical corpus that already exists on the matter of (hypothetical) AI consciousness. Many arguments have been made before, as were good counter-arguments. I think the Consciousness Atlas gives a good intuitive understanding of just how many different ways to define, detect, and operationalize consciousness there are.
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There's a lot of talk about AI and consciousness these days. While I really enjoy that this is a debate people are willing to have in good faith now, I also notice that few of the voices seem to be familiar with the vast philosophical corpus that already exists on the matter of (hypothetical) AI consciousness. Many arguments have been made before, as were good counter-arguments. I think the Consciousness Atlas gives a good intuitive understanding of just how many different ways to define, detect, and operationalize consciousness there are.