The attainment of AGI could shift attention and funding from subjective experience to performance, triggering a decades-long retreat from consciousness research and ethics.
— Would reshape AI rights debates, neuroscience priorities, and how society values sentience versus capability, influencing regulation and research agendas.
Ross Pomeroy
2025.08.20
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Hoel argues AGI’s success may convince people that consciousness "doesn’t matter much," risking a new winter akin to behaviorism-era neglect.
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