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Google DeepMind researcher questions AI consciousness; US backs xAI on bias law

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A Google DeepMind researcher has published a paper arguing that AI can never achieve consciousness due to what he terms the "Abstraction Fallacy." Separately, the U.S. Department of Justice has intervened in a lawsuit filed by xAI against Colorado's AI bias law. The DOJ contends that the state's law, SB24-205, forces AI developers into discriminatory practices and violates the Equal Protection Clause. AI

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IMPACT Raises philosophical questions about AI consciousness and impacts AI development regulations.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a research paper and a legal intervention related to AI policy.

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    ICYMI: Google DeepMind researcher argues AI can never be conscious: Alexander Lerchner of Google DeepMind argues in a March 2026 paper that computation structur

    ICYMI: Google DeepMind researcher argues AI can never be conscious: Alexander Lerchner of Google DeepMind argues in a March 2026 paper that computation structurally cannot instantiate consciousness - the Abstraction Fallacy. https:// ppc.land/google-deepmind-resea rcher-argues-ai…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 · ppcland ·

    FYI: Google DeepMind researcher argues AI can never be conscious: Alexander Lerchner of Google DeepMind argues in a March 2026 paper that computation structural

    FYI: Google DeepMind researcher argues AI can never be conscious: Alexander Lerchner of Google DeepMind argues in a March 2026 paper that computation structurally cannot instantiate consciousness - the Abstraction Fallacy. https:// ppc.land/google-deepmind-resea rcher-argues-ai-c…

  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 · ppcland ·

    FYI: U.S. joins xAI's fight against Colorado's AI bias law: The DOJ intervened in xAI's Colorado AI lawsuit on April 24, arguing SB24-205 compels AI developers

    FYI: U.S. joins xAI's fight against Colorado's AI bias law: The DOJ intervened in xAI's Colorado AI lawsuit on April 24, arguing SB24-205 compels AI developers to discriminate and violates the Equal Protection Clause. https:// ppc.land/u-s-joins-xais-fight- against-colorados-ai-b…

  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 · ppcland ·

    U.S. joins xAI's fight against Colorado's AI bias law: The DOJ intervened in xAI's Colorado AI lawsuit on April 24, arguing SB24-205 compels AI developers to di

    U.S. joins xAI's fight against Colorado's AI bias law: The DOJ intervened in xAI's Colorado AI lawsuit on April 24, arguing SB24-205 compels AI developers to discriminate and violates the Equal Protection Clause. https:// ppc.land/u-s-joins-xais-fight- against-colorados-ai-bias-l…

  5. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 · ppcland ·

    Google DeepMind researcher argues AI can never be conscious: Alexander Lerchner of Google DeepMind argues in a March 2026 paper that computation structurally ca

    Google DeepMind researcher argues AI can never be conscious: Alexander Lerchner of Google DeepMind argues in a March 2026 paper that computation structurally cannot instantiate consciousness - the Abstraction Fallacy. https:// ppc.land/google-deepmind-resea rcher-argues-ai-can-ne…

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