[JauntTrooper]

When I was a kid, I used to imagine if that society ever developed AI, there would be widespread pushback to the idea that computers could ever develop consciousness.

I imagined the Catholic Church, for example, would be publishing missives reminding everyone that only humans can have souls, and biologists would be fighting an quixotic battle to claim that consciousness can arise from physical structures and forces.

I'm still surprised at how credulous and accepting societies have been of AI developments over the last few years.

[cmsj]

Probably because we've been conditioned to accept that machines, no matter how friendly, are not really conscious in the way we are, so there is no risk of them needing to be treated differently than a hammer.

AI developments over the last few years have not needed that view to change.