SMRTR AIJun 14, 2026Hacker News

LLMs aren't conscious (and thinking they are is culturally dangerous)

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Despite rapid AI capability gains, LLMs almost certainly lack consciousness — they can win math olympiads yet fail simple video games, revealing a telling gap. Stripping consciousness from civilization's processes is the real danger of AI, not superintelligence, as it quietly makes the world less interpretable and human experience less valued.

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