AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · 9h ago6/10
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AI and Consciousness: Shifting Focus Towards Tractable Questions
A researcher argues that directly determining whether AI systems possess consciousness is currently intractable, but studying how people perceive AI consciousness is tractable and consequential. As the public increasingly attributes human-like consciousness to AI systems, this perception is reshaping ethical standards, user experience design, and linguistic norms across society.