Do machines have feelings? AI has philosophers and tech leaders rethinking consciousness.
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The more leaders talk about AI consciousness, the more you should expect governance, liability, and ethics debates to move from abstract to operational. If your product narrative leans on “human-like” language, legal and policy teams need to be in the room now, not after regulators react.
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