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The debate over AI consciousness is back. Mustafa Suleyman, a leading AI executive, recently said that “seemingly conscious AI” is on the horizon. These are systems that, through ongoing enhancements ...

In HBO’s hit series, Westworld, android hosts play out carefully constructed scripts in the process of entertaining the amusement park’s wealthy guests. All is repetitive business as usual until one ...