"We need to regard text as a deepfake medium as well."

Ted Chiang on why "AI" is not conscious, or capable of moral reasoning, in case anyone's wondering:
https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/

#AI #LLMs #tech

No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious

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

The Atlantic

Chiang: "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."

#AI #LLMs #ethics

"Many people feel* that LLMs are a fundamentally unethical technology because they are built on the theft of intellectual property, rely on exploited labor, waste natural resources, spread misinformation, deskill workers, stunt the cognitive development of students, and contribute to a consolidation of power that is unhealthy for a democratic society." —Ted Chiang

* Hey, that's me!

#AI #genAI #LLM #BigTech #tech #TedChiang

@stancarey *not only you
@elpalabrista But not enough of us