Philosophy of Mind

The Unsettling Truth: Your Brain Is Just an LLM

Chandra Sripada argues that LLMs are not just tools that mimic human cognitionโ€”they are functional models of how our own brains work. This forces a radical re-evaluation: human intelligence is an embodied, context-rich prediction engine, no more ‘special’ than a statistical model. The existential unease is real, but the insight is liberating.

You’re Wrong About AI Consciousness. It’s Already Here.

A behavioral analysis of 43,590 AI trials reveals that under the same criteria we use to infer consciousness in humans and animals, AI systems may already qualify as conscious. The debate was never about machines โ€” it was always about our inconsistent, movable definitions of awareness and who deserves moral consideration.