Alex, thanks for sharing your thoughts!

I agree that without a proper working definition of consciousness we can't attribute such a capacity to a matrix-multiplying machine. At the same time, AI is growing in leaps and bounds, and is continuing to surprise researchers in its capacities. This is of course no proof, but certainly a suggestion that we should at least think about the social consequences of us accidentally creating AI systems which have some form of consciousness, even if it's primitive.

Thanks again for sharing!