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Anil Seth: Machine Consciousness "Vanishingly Unlikely"

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Anil Seth, a professor of cognitive and computational neuroscience, argues that machine consciousness is "vanishingly unlikely." He suggests that assigning a probability to machine consciousness is problematic because it presupposes a factual basis that does not yet exist. Seth implies that the current state of AI and our understanding of consciousness do not support such probabilistic claims. AI

IMPACT Challenges the notion of imminent artificial general intelligence and consciousness in machines.

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Anil Seth: Machine Consciousness "Vanishingly Unlikely"

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    Anil Seth: machine consciousness is "vanishingly unlikely." My disagreement isn't so much about the number. A probability presupposes a fact for it to be about.

    Anil Seth: machine consciousness is "vanishingly unlikely." My disagreement isn't so much about the number. A probability presupposes a fact for it to be about. At the borderline, I don't think there is one ... yet. # ai # philosophy New essay: https:// dougsmith773158.substack.c…

    LINKS dougsmith773158.substack.com/…/artificial…

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