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AI is not conscious

It doesn’t know it exists.

12 Dec 20251 min read

The myth

“AI is aware.”

The reality

AI has no inner experience. It doesn’t feel, want, fear, or intend. It generates outputs - nothing more.

Analogy

A voice without awareness
is still just sound.

Takeaway

Treat AI as software: powerful, useful, but not a “being.”