Chiang’s strongest argument doesn’t need its headline. Forget consciousness, moral agency means bearing consequences: liability, blame, exclusion. Software can’t. So selling a chatbot as a moral agent lets its makers and users shed responsibility. theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/
Geoffrey Richard
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Hi there, I'm Geoffrey, welcome. You'll find a small about page, a feed with my posts on the web, and a few blog posts on privacy, encryption and the occasional rant on European tech policy.
Recent Writing
The Galileo Gambit: Scientific Liberty, Consensus, and the Cost of Persuasion
Why “they laughed at Galileo” is not evidence and why, in matters of health, the gap between persuasion and proof carries a measurable cost.
June 6, 2026 · epistemology
Owning My Corner of the Internet: Self-Hosting Decentralized Social Media
A few years ago I wrote a series about taking back your privacy, starting with the humble password manager. That series was about defense: stopping other people …
May 22, 2026 · tech
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This whole story feels like the cryptography export ban that Clinton relaxed, beginning in 1996, then furthermore in 2000, without which we would not have the web as we know it.
nytimes.com/2000/01/31/business/worldbusiness/IHT-us-removes-an-encryption-barrier.html
If there was a need for another reason for the European Union to wake up : anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access
Relying on foreign models grants the US kill switch power over European infrastructure. That’s scary even if we are allies.
Mistral is cool but it’s really not there yet.
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