AI Consciousness, Pluralism, and Anthropocentrism
Journal of Consciousness Studies August 1, 2026 Geoffrey Lee
In the current debate about AI consciousness, philosophers tend to agree that the potential for AI consciousness raises profound moral questions — for example, some philosophers think that we may imminently create systems that deserve rights similar to those of humans. But it is also widely agreed that it will be very difficult to tell whether an artificial system is conscious, so we may be...