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Ted Chiang argues text outputs drive AI consciousness claims, while structurally similar models like AlphaFold and Sora are ignored

Commenters blame marketing hype for the public's anthropomorphization of software.

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Original postDavid Pfau#150
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this is an interesting point in the new ted chiang piece – no one really claims that alphafold is conscious, or that sora or midjourney or dall-e are conscious

2:20 PM · Jun 3, 2026 · 157.1K Views
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this is an interesting point in the new ted chiang piece – no one really claims that alphafold is conscious, or that sora or midjourney or dall-e are conscious

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