Colin Klein on AI
2 quotes from Colin Klein on the wall, 2025, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include The Conversation.
What matters for consciousness is not what you do, but how you do it
From the same essay, arguing that behavior alone cannot establish whether an AI system is conscious.
What it refers to
This argues AI consciousness should be judged by internal information-processing structure, not by chatbot-like behavior that only appears conscious.
Other voices
- People who are confident that they're not conscious maybe shouldn't beDavid ChalmersThinker25 November 2025
- Seemingly conscious AIMustafa SuleymanBuilder19 August 2025
- It appears that we're less unique than we previously thought we wereGašper BegušResearcher31 October 2025
- We're less special than we thoughtGeoffrey HintonResearcher30 August 2025
- They live in the land of correlations between images and text, not in the land of ideasGary MarcusResearcher31 August 2025
The ConversationAre animals and AI conscious? We’ve devised new theories for how to test this
It's possible for AI to behave as if conscious without being conscious
From a Conversation essay by philosopher Colin Klein on new structural tests for consciousness in AI and animals, November 2025.
What it refers to
This follows a Trends in Cognitive Sciences paper on structural indicators showing current AI systems, including ChatGPT, are not conscious despite conversational behavior.
Other voices
- Seemingly conscious AIMustafa SuleymanBuilder19 August 2025
- People who are confident that they're not conscious maybe shouldn't beDavid ChalmersThinker25 November 2025
- Large language models are about mimicking peopleRichard SuttonResearcher26 September 2025
- They live in the land of correlations between images and text, not in the land of ideasGary MarcusResearcher31 August 2025
- We're less special than we thoughtGeoffrey HintonResearcher30 August 2025
The ConversationAre animals and AI conscious? We’ve devised new theories for how to test this