arxivcs.CYcs.AIcs.HC2026-07-22
Are Attributions of Consciousness to AI Chatbots Epistemically Innocent?
Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots (e.g., ChatGPT) can communicate in strikingly humanlike ways. This has prompted many chatbot users to attribute psychological properties, including consciousness, to these systems. However, there is little scientific evidence that current AI…