Mustafa Suleyman on AIs understand

Mustafa Suleyman

Microsoft AI CEO; author

The result is an AI that mimics the structure of human interiority in its output without possessing any interiority at all.

AI Verified (Mar 18, 2026)

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Mustafa Suleyman, We mustn't let AI hack our empathy circuits, March 18, 2026.

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AI Verified The quote explicitly denies AI interiority/understanding, making opposition to “AIs understand” substantially more likely. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The quote says AI only mimics interiority and lacks it; correct answer is against, matching the recorded vote. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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Slow down AI development

If consciousness started to emerge in training, I would call for everyone to stop AI development until we could design out those properties.

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AI might become conscious

AIs are not conscious. They do not feel, experience, or suffer. They do not have innate preferences or underlying motivations. They are sequence completion engines, internally hollow, designed to follow instructions, and accomplish goals set by human...

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