This is a great piece. One of the best things on the topic. That’s both a testament to Chiang and the result of how bad work on the topic of LLM consciousness and welfare has been recently.
🚨🚨🚨 new Ted Chiang on AI just dropped 🚨🚨🚨https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR7CsNA92bD_yo6VqlH7-uco&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share