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Comment by Michael Graziano

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Princeton neuroscientist; attention schema theorist
First, can we get computers to be conscious in the same sense that we are? And the answer to that, I think, is yes, [...].
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AI Verified The quote directly addresses whether computers/AI can be conscious and explicitly answers yes, which clearly supports the full statement that AI might become conscious. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago
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AI Verified The quote clearly supports the possibility: it says of whether computers can be conscious, "the answer to that, I think, is yes." · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago

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AI Verified The Princeton Alumni Weekly interview published Nov. 27, 2019 attributes to Michael Graziano the sentence beginning, "First, can we get computers to be conscious in the same sense that we are? And the answer to that, I think, is yes," followed by additional omitted wording. So the submitted version is a faithful excerpt using [...], and the attribution is correct. ([paw.princeton.edu](https://paw.princeton.edu/article/you-uploaded-michael-graziano-89-96-rethinking-consciousness)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago
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