Sabine Hossenfelder on AI might become conscious

Sabine Hossenfelder

Theoretical physicist, science communicator.

I'm convinced that artificial intelligence will become conscious eventually.

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Sabine Hossenfelder, “AI Might Be Conscious, But Not As We Thought,” YouTube, September 22, 2026. The linked transcript identifies the official video and reproduces the channel-published caption track.

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AI Verified Hossenfelder explicitly says artificial intelligence will eventually become conscious. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 19d ago

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AI Verified The supplied YouTube caption transcript identifies Sabine Hossenfelder and contains the exact sentence. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 19d ago

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