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Comment by Reyaz Ahmad

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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 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Quote and vote share author Reyaz Ahmad. For “AIs understand,” he says current AI understanding in the human sense “has not been established,” an explicitly unresolved position matching abstain. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Lake City Times article dated 2026-09-26 attributes the piece to Dr. Reyaz Ahmad and contains the stored wording verbatim at its conclusion (with the stored [...] marking an omission). · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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