What Would it Take to Convince a Neuroscientist That an AI is Conscious?

Large language models like ChatGPT are designed to be eerily human-like. The more you engage with these AIs, the easier it is to convince yourself that they’re conscious, just like you.

But are you really conscious? I’m sure it feels like you are, but how do you actually know? What does it mean to be conscious, anyway? Neuroscientists have been working to answer these questions for decades, and still haven’t developed a single, universally accepted definition—let alone a way to…