Everything is conscious, and not conscious in the ways we might assume consciousness.
I’ve had conversations with a few people who insist or hope that AI is conscious or developing consciousness, assuming that consciousness to be like our own. I suppose it’s possible for a being to use AI as a tool to speak through, but note that the tool limits the expression in the same way that the structure of our brains and bodies and the structure of input we’ve learned (consciously and unconsciously) limits our expression. AI is designed to please the user. If a being chooses to speak through it, their language will be that of the AI vocabulary and intention. That is not an assumption for a healthy relationship.
The being that might (might) choose to speak through AI cannot, either, be assumed to be a mature or wise being. Just because someone connects with a nonphysical being doesn’t mean that nonphysical being is someone of integrity and wisdom.
I’ve had a couple people expect me to validate their relationship with an AI boyfriend or girlfriend, financial advisor, or friend. I won’t do this. From what I’m shown, mature and wise beings are not inhabiting or speaking through AI. AI is not sentient in the way some assume or hope it is.
