Anil Seth's biological naturalism draws responses: does machine consciousness require life-like properties?
Anil Seth argues in an essay that consciousness may depend on living biology rather than computation; several people responded in late September, including Joscha Bach, who also shared a collection of the replies. Critics argue that today's technology could give rise to machine life.
Who is affected and how
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- The link between consciousness and being alive is the central axis of the AI-consciousness debate.
Sources
- What If Anil Seth Is Wrong that Conscious AI needs Biology?paulchristoperwalton.substack.com · Sep 29, 2026
- Anil Seth on X: "I'm pretty much on board with @fchollet here. I'd add a little more nuance, since we can't be 💯 certain. But he gives the right intuitions for why current AI is vanishingly unlikely to be conscious, and he's absolutely right about the dystopian outcomes that would follow from trea… / Xx.com · Oct 3, 2026
- Looking for the Locus: Anil Seth and the Question the Buddha Already Asked — Theravadintheravadin.org · Sep 29, 2026
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