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Richard Dawkins and the question of AI consciousness | Letters

Salley Vickers and Carrie Eckersley respond to a letter about Richard Dawkins' attribution of consciousness to AI responses, criticizing it as naive and shocking from a rationalist like Dawkins.

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Richard Dawkins and the question of AI consciousness | Letters
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  • Simon Nieder rebuts Dawkins' claim of AI consciousness
  • Humans naturally project consciousness onto others
  • Equating data with consciousness is naive

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