Posted Jun 4, 2026 at 1:43 PM UTCTExternal Link“We need to regard text as a deepfake medium.”I enjoyed this piece from Ted Chiang in The Atlantic because it’s a well-deserved smack in the face to the clowns who suggest LLMs might be conscious. Nope, we’re just falling for one of the most obvious confidence tricks of all time: giving in to “someone” who appears to like us.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.TC Sottek
“We need to regard text as a deepfake medium.”
I enjoyed this piece from Ted Chiang in The Atlantic because it’s a well-deserved smack in the face to the clowns who suggest LLMs might be conscious. Nope, we’re just falling for one of the most obvious confidence tricks of all time: giving in to “someone” who appears to like us. [Link: No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious | https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/?gift=R2zbWGNBDp_xHqoa7Q8ZRp-EV6jGaHiamQBxQQlMJqI | The Atlantic]
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