July 2026
AI consciousness
11 - 07/26 /13:59
Pope Leo asserts artificial intelligence—the cognitive systems tech companies are racing to build—could never have inner lives. AI could never develop consciousness. Why not? Because, the Pope claims, they “do not undergo experiences”, “do not feel joy or pain” and “do not have moral conscience”.
Much of what passes for “AI alignment”—the process of encoding human values and goals into AI models to make them as helpful, safe and reliable as possible—is, in fact, a few powerful Silicon Valley labs encoding their idiosyncratic values into AI systems designed to re-shape human life. Read More…
Much of what passes for “AI alignment”—the process of encoding human values and goals into AI models to make them as helpful, safe and reliable as possible—is, in fact, a few powerful Silicon Valley labs encoding their idiosyncratic values into AI systems designed to re-shape human life. Read More…