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Comment by Simon Duan

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Technology specialist and adjunct professor focused on the philosophy of technology and AI.
Consciousness may not be something a machine could accumulate by scaling parameters; it would require human participation to appear at all.
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Simon Duan, “AI isn’t conscious—but we may be bringing it to life,” Scientific American, January 20, 2026.
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