>No one at the conference seemed to believe that AI has already achieved consciousness —broadly defined as self-awareness. But the vibe overwhelmingly leaned toward “when” and not “if.”

might as well have discussed civil rights for aliens from Alpha Centauri.

>As fringe as it may sound, the conversation around consciousness is quickly moving into the mainstream.

because AI is the current thing, and countless retards have something to say about it, despite lacking the most basic understanding of how the thing being marketed as AI actually works.