Reyaz Ahmad on AIs understand

Reyaz Ahmad

Freelance writer and columnist for Lake City Times

Yes—intelligence can probably be artificial. But artificial intelligence does not therefore have to possess an artificial version of the human mind. [...] What has not been established is that current AI possesses consciousness, subjective experience, an inner self or understanding in the same sense that humans experience these things.

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AI Verified Statement key ideas are AI systems and understanding. The quote explicitly says it is not established that current AI has understanding in the human sense, making a qualified/uncertain stance on the full claim determinable. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI might become conscious

To declare today’s AI conscious simply because it speaks fluently would go far beyond the available evidence. But to declare that a machine could never become conscious would also claim more certainty than science presently allows.

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