Pundit ClaimsAI claims by Gary Marcus and Ed Zitron, with the evidence

“These systems simply don’t. It is a mistake to attribute consciousness to them.”

Report from the Vatican, paragraph 56.

Our reading:

Current AI systems have no experience, and it is a mistake to say they are conscious.

Assessment: Can’t be checked

What happened

Not graded on evidence

Outcome: Can’t be checked

Both AIs found that public evidence can’t settle this. Listed, not scored.

Why it can’t be checked

  • Too vague to test: informed readers would test it in different ways and reach different answers.
  • About something no public evidence could show, such as a private intention or a counterfactual.

Why

Not checked against evidence. Two independent screens, one from each provider, both found that evidence could not settle it: one found it about something no public evidence could show, such as a private intention or a counterfactual; the other found it too vague to test: informed readers would test it in different ways and reach different answers.

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Source and dates

Marcus on AI, Report from the Vatican, paragraph 56.

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We read this wording on 2026-11-09. The post may have been edited after 2026-10-31.

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  • : Marcus on AI, Report from the Vatican

    These systems simply don’t. It is a mistake to attribute consciousness to them.

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    2026-10-31
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