Hassabis said that he does not think any of today's AI systems feel self-aware or conscious to him.
Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
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Consciousness cannot be publicly verified with an agreed test.
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Demis Hassabis, “Hassabis said that he does not think any of today's AI systems feel self-aware or conscious to him.” (said 3 August 2025). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_404b98569d07, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_404b98569d07
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