Schwitzgebel: AI consciousness will be undecidable by current theories

Aug 31, 2026 · Issue 5 · 6 sources, 6 articles

According to a new arXiv summary by Eric Schwitzgebel, systems will soon be built whose consciousness today's theories cannot decide. Material has also appeared at the same time on the nature of consciousness, consciousness uploading and Hinton's position.

Who is affected and how

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Neither the enthusiastic nor the sceptical claim is proven.

Narrative: Machines may already be conscious

Sources

• Schwitzgebel: AI consciousness will be undecidable by current theory | AI Weeklyaiweekly.co · Sep 2, 2026
• Researcher explores what consciousness really means—and whether it might one day emerge in a machinetechxplore.com · Aug 31, 2026
• Could a Machine Ever Become Truly Conscious?knowridge.com · Sep 2, 2026
• Hinton's Views on Consciousness: Explainedellennoraburns.substack.com · Sep 2, 2026
• Why AI isn’t conscious - corpus.blogcorpus.blog · Aug 31, 2026
• Can (and should) consciousness be uploaded to a machine? - MIT McGovern Institutemcgovern.mit.edu · Sep 2, 2026

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