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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 “No, AI isn't conscious - even when it acts like it is, new study finds,” University of Bradford, February 23, 2026.
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AI Verified Howard says AI complexity is not consciousness and cautions against conscious-AI narratives, strongly indicating opposition to AIs understanding. Source: https://www.bradford.ac.uk/news/archive/2026/no-ai-isnt-conscious---even-when-it-acts-like-it-is-new-study-finds.php · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Howard says AI complexity is not consciousness and rejects simplistic conscious-AI narratives, supporting the recorded against answer. Source: https://www.bradford.ac.uk/news/archive/2026/no-ai-isnt-conscious---even-when-it-acts-like-it-is-new-study-finds.php · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago

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AI Verified University of Bradford article quotes Newton Howard verbatim: complexity and consciousness are not the same. Source: https://www.bradford.ac.uk/news/archive/2026/no-ai-isnt-conscious---even-when-it-acts-like-it-is-new-study-finds.php · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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