Do People Think ChatGPT Is Conscious? Evidence from a Large Polish Sample
February 17, 2026 Hubert Plisiecki preprint
Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are increasingly treated by the public as if theypossess subjective experience. Colombatto and Fleming (2024) recently showed that most U.S.adults attribute at least some phenomenal consciousness to ChatGPT, despite a scientific consensusthat current AI systems are not conscious. The present study provides the first large-scalemeasurement of this...