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Can AI Have a Soul? An Aristotelian Take on LLM Consciousness
The article uses Aristotle's concept of psyche to argue that language models exhibit a form of imagination without perception, lacking the layered soul of living beings. It distinguishes between nutritive, sensitive, and rational souls, placing LLMs in a narrow category of statistical pattern recombination. The piece warns against mistaking simulated reasoning for genuine rational soul-activity.
Meridian48 take
The philosophical framing is provocative but ultimately speculative; the practical takeaway is that current AI lacks genuine perception and desire, regardless of how convincing its outputs appear.
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