Humanity has the debate about AI consciousness backwards.
In my new essay for @TheEconomist, I argue that consciousness is not an inherent, objective property, but something relational between entities: economist.com/by-invitation/โฆ
Erik Voorhees: "crypto is actually built for the machines and we didn't know it." "I don't see a future where the robots are using bank accounts at Wells Fargo" โ he sees AI agents moving value on decentralized rails "that don't have a political gatekeeper."