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summary: "Consciousness researchers Anil Seth, Ned Block, and Giulio Tononi argue in a Nature commentary that current AI systems are not conscious and will not become so on silicon hardware. They describe the assumption that consciousness depends solely on computation as \"fatally flawed\" and warn against granting rights to AI systems."
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# The brain\-as\-computer metaphor shaped modern AI but may be misleading the consciousness debate

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**Published:** 2026-11-08T13:49:21.000Z
**Category:** Research

## Summary

Consciousness researchers Anil Seth, Ned Block, and Giulio Tononi argue in a Nature commentary that current AI systems are not conscious and will not become so on silicon hardware\. They describe the assumption that consciousness depends solely on computation as "fatally flawed" and warn against granting rights to AI systems\.

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