Author-ized L.J.1h ago

Whenever a person delegates a decision to an #LLM, they are trying to off-load accountability for that decision, and if a company that sells an LLM portrays the product as having a moral center, it is offering a way for its customers to abdicate their responsibilities.

. . . Off-loading tasks such as writing code might result in cognitive atrophy over the long term, and that is problematic in itself, but off-loading ethical decisions will result in an atrophy of moral reasoning, which is worse.

– Ted Chiang, No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious https://archive.is/bcpZl

#AI #NoAI #TedChiang

nuagezero2d ago
No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious
by Ted Chiang
> 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.
https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/?gift=Uygc230LHugxUEsAH5JqKbPD9wWt7HOISpiFX7EZXPc
#ai #TedChiang #LLM #consciousness #anthropic #claude
No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious

Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.

The Atlantic
Nudeln Al Dente 🐘3d ago

I do love a good #TedChiang article about #AI.

"It’s fortunate that LLMs are not conscious, or else the actions of the big AI firms would be even more scandalous than they already are."

https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/

No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious

Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.

The Atlantic
Writing Slowly3d ago

Why must sci-fi author Ted Chiang state in The Atlantic that AI is not conscious? I call this La Stilla Syndrome: my Jules Verne-inspired name for the delusion our technology is alive. Chiang doesn’t buy it and nor should we.

#SciFi
#ArtificialIntelligence
#TedChiang
#JulesVerne
#TechPhilosophy https://writingslowly.com/2023/05/23/jules-verne-could.html

Jules Verne could have told us AI is not a real person

A castle of mysterious voices In one of French writer Jules …

Writing Slowly3d ago

Why must sci-fi author Ted Chiang state in The Atlantic that AI is not conscious? I call this La Stilla Syndrome: my Jules Verne-inspired name for the delusion our technology is alive. Chiang doesn’t buy it and nor should we.

#SciFi
#ArtificialIntelligence
#TedChiang
#JulesVerne
#TechPhilosophy

Jules Verne could have told us AI is not a real person

A castle of mysterious voices In one of French writer Jules …

steve ulrich6d ago

some of the best writing on AI and consciousness i've read in a while.
- https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/?gift=Uygc230LHugxUEsAH5JqKbPD9wWt7HOISpiFX7EZXPc&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

#ai #theatlantic #tedchiang

No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious

Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.

The Atlantic
Irène Langlet6d ago

#TedChiang plie en 4 la trompeuse "Constitution" pour #Claude vantée par #Anthropic.

TL;DR arrêtez d'anthropomorphiser des machines à prédire des mots (et de nous prendre pour des idiots)

No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/

No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious

Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.

The Atlantic
Pitchaya SudbanthadJun 4
#TedChiang: "The primary difference between deepfake photos and #LLM conversations is that the people who generate the former are deliberately trying to fool others, and many of the people who elicit the latter from #LLMs have inadvertently fooled themselves."
#AI #GenAI #AGI
https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/?gift=U720R_BxdChBMdqOr-qVxOw9sKmn7jIP2aqhJrIMZ-U&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious

Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.

The Atlantic
BenJun 4
#TedChiang 360-no-scoped #Anthropic on their "is #Claude conscious?" cosplay routine.

https://blog.ben.ie/posts/ted-chiang-on-artificial-intelligence/
Ted Chiang on Artificial Intelligence

Smart person makes good point.

Ben
Hacker NewsJun 3

Artificial intelligence is not conscious – Ted Chiang

https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/

#HackerNews #ArtificialIntelligence #TedChiang #Consciousness #Philosophy #TechNews

No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious

Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.

The Atlantic