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Don’t mistake chatbot intelligence for consciousness
But a new superintelligence may be coming, and it would upend humanity’s hierarchy of moral concern, thinks Susan Schneider
TL;DRAI
AI systems now match human capabilities in language, reasoning, and creativity, but this intelligence does not imply consciousness. For tech leaders, the distinction clarifies governance: capability and sentience are independent—value comes from performance, not awareness.
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