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Comment by Nick Bostrom

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Philosopher; 'Superintelligence' author; FHI founder
there could well be other systems now, or in the relatively near future, that would start to satisfy the criteria
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AI might become conscious
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AI Verified The quote says there could well be other systems now or in the near future that satisfy the criteria for consciousness, which is directly relevant to whether AI might become conscious. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 9d ago
AI Unverifiable The quote is too vague to verify the full statement: it mentions unspecified 'systems' satisfying unspecified 'criteria,' without explicitly saying AI or consciousness. The author's position on 'AI might become conscious' is therefore not clear from this quote alone. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1mo ago
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AI Verified Saying other systems could already or soon satisfy the criteria for consciousness supports the statement that AI might become conscious. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 9d ago

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AI Verified Verified: the Spectator page dated July 7, 2022 contains this exact wording as part of a direct quotation attributed in the article to Nick Bostrom; the quoted passage continues after an editorial omission marker, so your excerpt is a verbatim partial quote from that source. ([spectator.com](https://spectator.com/article/nick-bostrom-how-can-we-be-certain-a-machine-isnt-conscious/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1mo ago
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