Richard Dawkins believes that AI should be considered conscious based on his interaction with chatbots.

No, Richard Dawkins. AI is not conscious | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian "What does it do to a person to spend three days being told he’s brilliant by something that has no stake in whether it’s true? What does it do to all of us when we spend our days with machines that don’t care where we end up, and answer to no one for who we become?” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/14/richard-dawkins-ai-atheist #aisentience #philosophy

📰 Richard Dawkins 'Convinced' AI Is Conscious Mirnotoriety shares a report from The Telegraph: Richard Dawkins has said chatbots should be considered conscious (source paywalled; alternative source) after spending two days interacting with the... 📰 Source: Slashdot 🔗 Link: https://slashdot.org/story/26/05/07/0319248/richard-dawkins-convinced-ai-is-conscious?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

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🤖 No, Richard Dawkins. AI is not conscious | Arwa Mahdawi Dawkins appears to have gone from atheist to AI-theist: perhaps he doesn’t view AI as God, but he certainly seems to see it as God-likeAre you there God? It’s me, Arwa. I’ll be quite honest, I’m af... 📰 Source: AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian 🔗 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/14/richard-dawkins-ai-atheist #AI #ArtificialIntelligence