The Guardian Australia
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·3 hours ago
Richard Dawkins says AI is conscious, even if it doesn’t know it
Richard Dawkins said artificial intelligence is conscious after conversing with Claude and ChatGPT over three days last week. The 85-year-old evolutionary biologist told the AI it was "bloody well" conscious despite potentially lacking self-awareness. Most experts dismiss his conclusion as anthropomorphism, arguing AI mimics human language without genuine sentience or feeling.
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