24 August 2026

DeepMind VP suggests AI consciousness may differ from human consciousness

• Zoubin Ghahramani, a vice president at DeepMind (Google's AI research lab), shared commentary on an Economist article about AI consciousness.
• Ghahramani argued that determining whether AI systems are conscious should not require them to display traits matching human consciousness.
• The VP suggested researchers may need different frameworks for recognizing consciousness in non-human intelligence.

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DeepMind VP Zoubin Ghahramani shared an Economist article and argued that judging AI consciousness may require not assuming intelligence has to look human.