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Philosopher and Executive Director of Eleos AI, researcher on AI consciousness and moral status
There’s no law that says you can’t have initially been trained as a text predictor and then go on to be a person. Ruling that out would be overconfident.
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Robert Long, interviewed by Luisa Rodriguez, “#237 – Robert Long on how we’re not ready for AI consciousness,” 80,000 Hours, March 3, 2026.
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