We sit down with Amir Kiani — a PhD in Mathematical Philosophy and Logic, and a senior analyst in the healthcare industry — to unpack one of the biggest questions in tech and philosophy: Can AI truly be conscious?

Here we dig into what consciousness really means — beyond the buzzwords. We explore how subjective experience is defined in humans and whether AI systems like LLMs (Large Language Models) are anywhere close to developing one. We touch on folk psychology, mental representation, the idea of agency, and what "disposition to act" means in both humans and machines.

It’s a grounded, intelligent discussion about the philosophical and cognitive foundations of what it means to have a mind.

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