{"id":195404,"date":"2026-03-12T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/assuming-ai-will-become-conscious-is-dangerous-scientists-say-its-also-dead-wrong\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T01:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:55:13","slug":"assuming-ai-will-become-conscious-is-dangerous-scientists-say-its-also-dead-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/assuming-ai-will-become-conscious-is-dangerous-scientists-say-its-also-dead-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Assuming AI Will Become Conscious Is Dangerous, Scientists Say. It\u2019s Also Dead Wrong."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/science\/a70700878\/ai-will-never-become-conscious\/\">Assuming AI Will Become Conscious Is Dangerous, Scientists Say. It\u2019s Also Dead Wrong.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/science\/a70700878\/ai-will-never-become-conscious\/\">https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/science\/a70700878\/ai-will-never-become-conscious\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-12 16:33:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.popularmechanics.com\">www.popularmechanics.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Artificial intelligence (AI) systems, like Large Language Models (LLMs), lack true consciousness because they mimic human behavior rather than experiencing it.<\/li>\n<li>Consciousness requires elements like personal experience and self-awareness, which AI systems do not possess as they are only advanced computing engines.<\/li>\n<li>Believing AI to be conscious can lead to psychological vulnerability as users might trust these machines with their troubles, despite the fact that they don\u2019t genuinely understand or feel emotions.<\/li>\n<li>Experts highlight the danger in assuming AI&#8217;s consciousness due to the lack of clear scientific definitions for consciousness and intelligence.<\/li>\n<li>True intelligence, in human terms, involves performing complex tasks in flexible ways, which LLMs are not built to do genuinely; they only generate probable responses.<\/li>\n<li>Companies prioritizing business interests over ethical use can create socially uncontrollable and undemocratic AI technologies.<\/li>\n<li>Recognizing the danger of attributing consciousness to AI helps focus scrutiny on the creators and users rather than the technology itself.<\/li>\n<li>Ultimately, rigorous scientific investigation is required to definitively address the possibility of AI&#8217;s consciousness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assuming AI Will Become Conscious Is Dangerous, Scientists Say. It\u2019s Also Dead Wrong. https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/science\/a70700878\/ai-will-never-become-conscious\/ Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/d3ffe14a-2b7c-493c-ba2a-648ae9d65a79.jpeg?crop=1xw:0.75xh;center,top&resize=1200:*","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-195404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195406,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195404\/revisions\/195406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}