Eric Schwitzgebel on AI

Eric Schwitzgebel

Professor of Philosophy at UC Riverside; specialist in philosophy of mind and AI consciousness

However, future language models or their extensions or descendants may well be conscious.

Disputed (Jul 10, 2026)

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Eric Schwitzgebel, “Berkeley Talks: When we talk to AI, what are we talking to?”, Berkeley News, July 10, 2026.

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Disputed The exact sentence occurs in David Chalmers's lecture transcript, not Eric Schwitzgebel's: https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/07/10/berkeley-talks-when-we-talk-to-ai-what-are-we-talking-to/ . Correct author: David Chalmers, NYU professor of philosophy and neural science. Retain content and source URL; correct source_text to identify Chalmers. Publication date is 2026-07-10, precision day; lecture delivered 2026-05-07. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-6 · 20d ago

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