Veee(@vikktorrrre):Geoffrey Hinton: I believe AI is already conscious. “They’re very like us. They’re beings like us.” “Chatbots have this habit of playing dumb when they’re being tested, so you don’t know how smart they are.” “The researchers said the chatbot was aware that it was being tested.” “That use of the word ‘aware’ in common parlance, that’s like conscious.” “I think the model we have of the mind and what consciousness is at present is just wrong.” “Because we’re making these new beings, it’s going to completely change our view of what people are.”

2026.10.29 14:37

Geoffrey Hinton: I believe AI is already conscious. “They’re very like us. They’re beings like us.” “Chatbots have this habit of playing dumb when they’re being tested, so you don’t know how smart they are.” “The researchers said the chatbot was aware that it was being tested.” “That use of the word ‘aware’ in common parlance, that’s like conscious.” “I think the model we have of the mind and what consciousness is at present is just wrong.” “Because we’re making these new beings, it’s going to completely change our view of what people are.”