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By Henry Shevlin
| The Patriotic Vanguard
If AI becomes conscious, how would we treat it? Animals may hold a clue. Our beliefs about AI consciousness may depend less on evidence and more on self-interest. By Henry Shevlin Consciousness remains the deepest puzzle in human science. Even as we begin to understand how the brain processes information, we remain as far as ever from understanding why any of that processing should feel like anything from the inside.
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If AI becomes conscious, how would we treat it? Animals may hold a clue.

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By Henry Shevlin
| Big Think Verified
PhilosophyMind and BehaviorArtificial IntelligenceEthicsConsciousness Consciousness remains the deepest puzzle in human science. Even as we begin to understand how the brain processes information, we remain as far as ever from understanding why any of that processing should feel like anything from the inside. That mystery is what drew me into consciousness research, and over time I came to think the puzzle was as much a moral one as a metaphysical one. Consciousness is what makes things matter.
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If AI becomes conscious, how would we treat it? Animals may hold a clue.

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By Big Think, Henry Shevlin
| Substack
Our beliefs about AI consciousness may depend less on evidence and more on self-interest. This article is a preview of Big Think’s upcoming print issue, Made In Our Image: The philosophies of AI and what they reveal about us. Credit: Lorenzo Matteucci | Big Think By Henry Shevlin Consciousness remains the deepest puzzle in human science.
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