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Brain and cognitive scientist at Rochester Institute of Technology; former director of the MIT Mind Machine Project.
This tells us something crucial: complexity and consciousness are not the same thing. That challenges simplistic narratives about ‘conscious AI.’
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Newton Howard, quoted in University of Bradford, “No, AI isn't conscious - even when it acts like it is, new study finds,” February 23, 2026.
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AI Verified The quote rejects the equation of AI complexity with consciousness and challenges conscious-AI narratives. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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AI Verified The author says AI complexity is not consciousness and rejects conscious-AI narratives. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Stored University of Bradford source passage attributes this exact wording to Newton Howard. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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