Ghahramani Urges Non-Anthropocentric View of AI Consciousness

Zoubin Ghahramani, VP Research at Google DeepMind, praised a cover story in The Economist on AI consciousness and noted the topic has moved from fringe to mainstream. In a follow-up reply he stated that people will increasingly perceive AI systems as conscious. Ghahramani argued for moving beyond anthropocentric views of intelligence and consciousness, observing that humans represent only one of many possible forms. The linked Economist piece examines scientific efforts to determine whether algorithms could one day wake up and feel. Irina Rish quoted the statement on X.