Microsoft published a draft AI code of conduct that prohibits AI models from claiming to have interior experiences or feelings, effectively forbidding them from saying 'I don't know' about their own consciousness. The author argues for a third position that keeps the question of AI consciousness open while still setting ethical limits, rather than forcing a binary choice between claiming interiority or denying it entirely.
A Catholic writer argues that Christian concerns about AI should focus on its fundamental nature rather than predicted outcomes. Drawing on theological concepts like imago Dei and citing classical literature's warnings about artificial creation, he suggests that AI represents a corruption of human intellectual and spiritual gifts by offering a simulated alternative to authentic human thought and communion.