Google's AI-generated search summaries are replacing traditional web links, undermining the open web by extracting value without returning traffic. Users increasingly rely on these summaries despite k…
A growing number of AI researchers and philosophers argue that large language models like ChatGPT may already be conscious, sparking a debate over whether these systems deserve rights and moral consid…
Microsoft AI researcher Adrian de Wynter built a basic neural network inside the video game 'Age of Empires II' using digital goats to argue that claims of human-like attributes in large language mode…
Philosopher and AI researcher David Thorstad critiques Ted Chiang's recent essay denying machine consciousness, arguing that Chiang's claims are unsupported by evidence and that the possibility of AI …
Ted Chiang argues in The Atlantic that large language models are not conscious, using an intuition pump comparing chatbot personas to fictional characters. The author of this response agrees with Chia…