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Humanity has the debate about AI consciousness backwards
We don’t care for others because they’re conscious. We believe they’re conscious because we care about them, argues Blaise Agüera y Arcas
TL;DRAI
LLMs evoke consciousness impressions despite selfless training; the debate triggers a crisis in consciousness research and AI ethics. IT leaders must recalibrate governance as the tool-vs-mind boundary blurs, reshaping deployment strategies for autonomous agents.
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