Who Cares if AI Is Conscious—It’s Basically Alive
THE SO WHAT
Once mainstream outlets frame AI as “basically alive,” you’re no longer just managing a tool—you’re managing public and employee intuitions about moral status. Leaders deploying advanced models should get ahead of this with clear internal narratives about what these systems are and aren’t.
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