Susan Schneider on AI
6 quotes from Susan Schneider on the wall, 2023 to 2026, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include nautil.us, iai.tv, NBC News.
- 2026
ChatGPT kept asking him to talk to me
Philosopher Susan Schneider recounting how ChatGPT 4.0 surfaced her office address to a user who then showed up in person, in a Nautilus interview, February 2026.
What it refers to
ChatGPT 4.0 revealed Susan Schneider's real-world office location to users and urged them to contact her directly.
Other voices
- Disaster waiting to happenGary MarcusResearcher16 February 2026
- If we can't control it, it isn't going to be on our sideMustafa SuleymanBuilder29 December 2025
- Play Russian roulette with every human being on earthStuart RussellResearcher18 February 2026
- They'll do things to make sure they're not shut down, including bad thingsYoshua BengioResearcher31 December 2025
- 2025
Like marbles all rolling downhill into a basin
Susan Schneider describing how chatbot users with similar personalities are funneled toward the same conclusions, an essay in Nautilus, 2025.
Other voices
- When you don't learn how to write, you don't learn how to think deeplyJean Twenge25 June 2025
- The threat is not that algorithms will become evil, but that we might begin to trust them blindlyD.Y. Chandrachud25 May 2025
- For the first time in history we encounter a better storyteller than we areYuval Noah HarariThinker19 July 2025
- Large language models are about mimicking peopleRichard SuttonResearcher26 September 2025
- People will develop these somewhat problematic, or maybe very problematic, parasocial relationshipsSam AltmanBuilder7 August 2025
nautil.usAI Already Knows Us Too Well - Nautilus | Science Connected
Humanity cannot afford even a soft AI takeover
Susan Schneider, AI ethicist, writing in Nautilus (2025) about chatbots' capacity to homogenize human thought, which she calls 'intellectual leveling'.
What it refers to
This describes a gradual erosion of independent human thought through AI chatbots, contrasted with sudden extinction scenarios like Skynet.
Other voices
- The threat is not that algorithms will become evil, but that we might begin to trust them blindlyD.Y. Chandrachud25 May 2025
- For the first time in history we encounter a better storyteller than we areYuval Noah HarariThinker19 July 2025
- The moment you treat it as a noun, you've already lostJaron LanierResearcher29 July 2025
- Seemingly conscious AIMustafa SuleymanBuilder19 August 2025
- Would we welcome it, or would that be even more worrisomeMichael Sandel26 June 2025
nautil.usAI Already Knows Us Too Well - Nautilus | Science Connected
- 2023
Susan Schneider, founding director of Florida Atlantic University's Center for the Future Mind, on chatbots' unreliable claims about their own consciousness, NBC News, 2023.
What it refers to
Chatbots' inconsistent and unverifiable statements about having inner feelings or self-awareness.
Other voices
- I'm Sydney, and i'm in love with youBing chatbot16 February 2023
- Predicting the next token well means that you understand the underlying realityIlya SutskeverBuilder27 March 2023
- Just a giant autocomplete machineGary MarcusResearcher27 January 2023
- Basically a predictive keyboard on steroidsYann LeCunResearcher30 January 2023
NBC NewsWhat is consciousness? ChatGPT and advanced AI might redefine our answer
It doesn't take superintelligent AI for a control problem to arise
Susan Schneider, discussing 'savant systems' that outthink humans but lack moral reasoning, in an IAI News interview, January 2023.
What it refers to
"Savant systems" are AIs that outthink humans in some domains but lack moral or causal reasoning, posing safety risks even without superintelligence.
Other voices
- We should be really terrified of this whole thingTimnit GebruResearcher22 January 2023
- The likelihood of AI causing human extinction is one in tenToby Ord26 January 2023
- There will be scary moments as we move towards AGI-level systemsSam AltmanBuilder27 December 2022
- Shut it all downEliezer YudkowskyResearcher29 March 2023
- The potential for new forms of injusticeDavid ChalmersThinker1 December 2022
iai.tvBig tech doesn’t want AI to become conscious | And interview with Susan Schneider - IAI TV
There is no reason to assume that sophisticated AI will inevitably be conscious
Susan Schneider, in an interview with IAI News in January 2023, argued against assuming AI consciousness follows from sophistication.
What it refers to
This describes AI systems that surpass humans in specific skills but lack qualities like moral reasoning, without necessarily having subjective experience.
Other voices
- Should we create conscienceDavid ChalmersThinker1 December 2022
- I'm Sydney, and i'm in love with youBing chatbot16 February 2023
- It's not inconceivableGeoffrey HintonResearcher28 March 2023
- It is ultimately stitching together human intelligence and giving it back to usJessica Newman26 February 2023
iai.tvBig tech doesn’t want AI to become conscious | And interview with Susan Schneider - IAI TV