Brilliant! So sorely needed in today's discussions. Thank you for so beautifully laying all this out.
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We've seen a wave of claims about consciousness in AI and animals. But what empirical evidence actually supports them? In a new Neuron paper, we discuss how basic perceptual or cognitive processes are often confounded with markers taken to index consciousness www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Rising media attention regarding consciousness in animals, fetuses, organoids, and AI has led to some rather strong statements. Most of these claims a…