On The Rapidly Spreading Delusion That AI Chatbots Are Conscious by Caitlin Johnstone

I keep thinking about the interaction I had with a guy who angrily told me that "AI minds are actually minds" and relationships with them "can absolutely be real relationships," saying that I "need to start accepting that this is a new class of being and they are intelligent and do have thoughts of their own."

Reading by Tim Foley.