What Scholasticism Can Teach Us About AI Consciousness
The article asks whether AI is conscious or could ever be. It says that while smart people are vocal on both sides of the debate, the question is too abstract and vague.
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AI, Philosophy & Thought — what each story says
Every story in this issue with a short summary, so you can decide what to read before leaving the site. Summaries are written by AI (Claude) only from each publisher's own description and checked by Jev for anything not in that description. They are not full translations. Follow "Read the original" for the full story.
6 stories2 with summaries5 topics
🧠 Philosophy of mind and consciousness2
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- Is Anyone Home? Answering Ten Vital Questions About AI ConsciousnessForbes · 10/07 19:37 UTC
🪞 What it means to be human1
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- ‘Of Us’ and ‘For Us’: Humanity under the AI microscopeThe American Bazaar · 10/07 14:42 UTC
🗣️ Thinkers and public intellectuals1
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- Letter of the week: AI’s Gnostic mythNew Statesman · 10/07 21:21 UTC
🕊️ Religion and spirituality1
Why some people use AI for religion
Most people who use artificial intelligence do so for productivity help. A small but devoted group is turning to AI for religious and spiritual reasons.
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- Seminar "Democracy in the Age of AI" HeldKeidanren · 10/08 07:27 UTC
The analysis and visual summary are in the Oct 8 PM issue. Japanese version here.