Somewhat Contra Ted Chiang on AI Consciousness (opens in new tab)

Ted Chiang recently published a piece in The Atlantic titled "No, Artificial Intelligence is Not Conscious." As a big fan of Chiang's fiction and someone with a deep interest in AI, I wanted to read it immediately. It's relatively short, and although I quote it extensively I do recommend that you also read it to provide context for the rest of this post.Chiang makes three major claims, and while I agree with one of them, I have different perspectives on the other two.I summarize his three cla...