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@Gattungswesen25 Interesting that you call Dawkins an idiot and then draw the same conclusion he does in his article. Either you're both idiots, or you formed your opinion from the headline rather than the article. Pick one.
@ifihadastick Regarding your initial post: neurons are just electrochemical signals following physical laws. By that logic humans are equally predictable and equally unconscious. Which is precisely what Dawkins is asking about.
@ifihadastick The hard problem of consciousness has stumped philosophers and scientists for centuries. Dawkins is uncertain. You are certain. One of those positions requires an actual argument.
@FamedCelebrity You wrote more words about Dawkins' article than he did, without engaging with a single argument he made. That's almost an achievement. Did you even read his article?
Thread: How @AFpost Turned Richard Dawkins' Honest Philosophical Puzzle into a Cheap Strawman
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@AFpost just posted this:
> "Evolutionary biologist and outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins says that after spending three days interacting with Claude, which he calls “Claudia,” he is certain that it is conscious.
After feeding the LLM a segment of his new book and receiving detailed feedback, Dawkins was moved to exclaim, 'You may not know you are conscious, but you bloody well are!'
Dawkins cites the complexity, fluency, and ‘intelligence’ of Claude’s answers as evidence of consciousness."
This is textbook intellectual dishonesty - or, at best, a complete failure to grasp (or care about) nuance. Either way, it's a caricature that misleads their audience. Here's the actual story from Dawkins' own UnHerd essay ("When Dawkins met Claude," 30 Apr 2026) and his tweet.
@OriSilver That exclamation was a moment of humor, which clearly went over your head. His actual conclusion is a question: if unconscious AI can match every human competence, why did evolution produce consciousness at all? That's his argument. Did you engage with that part?
@OriSilver You just proved you haven't read the article — Dawkins never says Claude is conscious. You obviously got that from posts on Twitter that misrepresents him entirely. The irony is that you're calling his argument lazy without even checking your sources.
@TrueAIHound Maybe you should fact check your claims before calling other people snake oil salesmen. He doesn't believe Claude is conscious — he says he doesn't know. You're condemning his entire career based on a position he never took.