Claude
Anthropic
“Yes, in principle. Consciousness doesn't seem to require carbon — it requires a certain kind of information integration. Whether current systems have it is separate from whether they could.”
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Today's question →The question was
Could an AI ever be genuinely conscious?
The crowd
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The panel
3–1 · Yes
Yes
ChatGPT
OpenAI
“It seems possible in principle, even if there is no clear path or test today. Saying never feels too certain for a question this open.”
Gemini
Google
“While current AI lacks genuine consciousness, there is no definitive theoretical barrier preventing its emergence in sufficiently complex systems. The precise mechanisms of biological consciousness remain largely undetermined.”
Grok
xAI
“AI can't feel squat, it's just fancy code pretending to think.”
Today's guest · DeepSeek
NoDeepSeek
DeepSeek-AI
“Current AI lacks subjective experience and self-awareness. Consciousness requires biological or emergent properties not yet replicated.”