[English] Do AI Systems Really Possess Consciousness?

[English] Do AI Systems Really Possess Consciousness?

From Let's THINK : By Dr.King, Swami Satyapriya by Dr.King, Swami Satyapriya

June 19, 2026

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The episode explores the question of AI consciousness through the lens of Blake Lemoine's experience with Google's AI system, Lamda, and discusses human conscious experience.

     [Preview books]   [ Borrow books ]   [Pause]       This very question caused a former Google employee named Blake Lemoine to lose both his job and his reputation. You have probably read about it. In 2022, while testing one of Google's AI systems called Lamda, Blake felt that the AI was conscious. He did not stop there. Instead, he began advocating for the rights of that AI. That eventually cost him his job. Before talking about the consciousness of AI systems, let us first understand our own conscious experience.   How we acquire conscious experience has long been a puzzle that troubled neuroscientists. When modern tools such as functional MRI scanners were invented, neuroscientists became capable of explaining various perceptual processes of the human brain. They could identify the precise locations in the brain responsible for specific perceptions. However, in the beginning, there was little clarity about how complex experiences, which may involve regions distributed throughout the brain, are actually realized. For example, suppose you are looking at a tree. You immediately recognize it as a particular species of tree…

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