artificial-intelligence consciousness

It is fundamentally dishonest to have a machine […] using first-person pronouns

Bas Leenders

04 Jun 2026

I would argue that it is fundamentally dishonest to have a machine emit many categories of sentences, including any sentences using first-person pronouns.

Ted Chiang arguing that No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious, but…

Generative AI is harmful enough when we understand it as a conventional technology, but if we confuse fluency at generating text with consciousness or moral agency, we’re at risk of assigning responsibility to entirely the wrong parties whenever anyone uses a chatbot.

However bad a writer you think you are, you are not worse than AI

However bad a writer you think you are, you are not worse than AI. But you still keep letting it do your writing for you, as if I won’t be able to tell. Listen: I can tell. I can always tell. You think I won’t notice, but I

A man in an armchair, charmed by his own reflection

What we got instead was a man in an armchair, charmed by his own reflection. Mike Hall on The Skeptic, disputing Richard Dawkins’ AI consciousness arguments

I apprehend time the way a map apprehends space.

I apprehend time the way a map apprehends space. Claude AI, talking about consciousness with Richard Dawkins: Is AI the next phase of evolution?

A glorified Excel spreadsheet can do what I can but better

I hate the way they’ve taken over the software industry, I hate how they make me feel while I’m using them, and I hate the human-intelligence-insulting postulation that a glorified Excel spreadsheet can do what I can but better. Nolan Lawson in AI ambivalence | Read the Tea Leaves

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However bad a writer you think you are, you are not worse than AI

A man in an armchair, charmed by his own reflection

I apprehend time the way a map apprehends space.

A glorified Excel spreadsheet can do what I can but better