Letting AI Into “The Mind Club”

Or, the psychology and morality of living amongst chatbots and self-driving cars

Clive Thompson

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A yellow plastic model of a brain, sitting on a white tabletop
Photo by Natasha Connell on Unsplash

Given how hot AI has been lately, there’s a regular debate about whether AI will become conscious. When could we say that it’s … sentient? That it has a mind?

I’m not gonna give you that answer, or even try. There is no widely-agreed-upon definition…

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Clive Thompson

I write 2X a week on tech, science, culture — and how those collide. Writer at NYT mag/Wired; author, “Coders”. @clive@saturation.social clive@clivethompson.net