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Mustafa Suleyman publishes Seemingly Conscious AI is coming

Published Seemingly Conscious AI is coming — defines SCAI as a system that not only imitates conversation but convinces people it is itself a new kind of conscious person, and concludes that we should build AI for people, not build digital people

Why it matters

Gives the debate over AI consciousness and personhood an industry-side vocabulary, and introduces the frame that claims for AI rights will divide society

Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”

Officialmustafa-suleyman.aihttps://mustafa-suleyman.ai/seemingly-conscious-ai-is-coming

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