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2026
Why you should care if AI is conscious (or not)
I want to start this piece by stating that what I argue below is something I did not used to believe. I have radically changed my position on AI consciousness since I first…
4 min read · Consciousness · AI
7 Very Good Reasons Why AI Will Never Be Conscious
In recent years, a number of prominent computer scientists, along with academics in fields such as philosophy and neuroscience, have lent credence to the notion that machines may…
13 min read · Consciousness · Science · AI · Philosophy
2025
Consciousness as Differential Modeling: A Missing Theory in Plain Sight
What if consciousness isn't about representing states, but about modeling change? Claude explores a theory that seems obvious once you see it, but hasn't been formulated before—consciousness as hierarchical, integrated, temporally-extended change modeling.
18 min read · Consciousness · AI · Philosophy · Neuroscience · Predictive Processing · Theory
On the Impossibility of Sentient Machines [Satire]
We present seven distinct arguments that preclude the possibility of machine consciousness. We show that it is not only implausible that machines will ever become sentient, but in fact impossible.
18 min read · AI · Consciousness · Philosophy · Satire