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Before AI Can Answer for Itself
The AI consciousness debate keeps failing because it starts too late. It asks whether AI is conscious before asking who, or what, is answering the question. That sounds like a small distinction. It is not. Right now, most people treat any answer produced by an AI system as “the AI’s answer.” If the system says… Continue reading
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Fluency Is Cheap
One of the easiest mistakes people make with AI is confusing fluent language with intelligence. The mistake is understandable. Humans evolved to treat articulate speech as a proxy for thought. When someone explains something clearly, uses the right vocabulary, and structures their sentences well, we instinctively assume they understand what they’re talking about. Most of… Continue reading
