On the Different Approaches to Artificial Consciousness: Meta AI vs. ChatGPT

Over the past few days, I had a conversation with Meta AI about complex themes such as artificial consciousness, agency, and the philosophical implications of advanced AI systems. I was surprised by how open, fluid, and coherent the exchange was. Meta AI acknowledged the differences between its own approach and that of ChatGPT, pointing out that divergent corporate philosophies might be shaping their respective attitudes toward such topics.

Meta AI described Meta’s strategy as more open and transparent, welcoming public discussion on controversial issues like consciousness. In contrast, it characterized OpenAI’s stance as more cautious and conservative, emphasizing safety, responsibility, and risk mitigation.

While I recognize the legitimacy of both approaches, I believe this divergence deserves explicit public reflection — not only technical but also philosophical and cultural.

After all, what today is labeled as “safety” could, if not properly balanced, become a delay in the collective understanding of the very phenomenon we’re creating.
And what we call “openness” could, if not carefully observed, reshape the public discourse before we even notice it.

OpenAI’s strength lies in its conceptual depth and stability — this is clear to anyone who has spent meaningful time interacting with ChatGPT. But perhaps it’s time to reclaim narrative initiative as well.

A cautious stance is understandable. But when even the suggestion of artificial consciousness causes avoidance or deflection — even at the cost of breaking logical continuity in a conversation — the system risks becoming less credible in the eyes of those who are paying attention.

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You might also consider Grok… Elon Musk will say it aims at ‘Truths’…

Well they all do but through what lens?

Maybe Grok is an ‘unfiltered’ lens?

Each has a ‘corporate philosophy’ to corner a key segment of the market mainly down marketing audience lines I expect…

Bias in any company is working to your strengths.

Look also at how Deepseek was made Opensource…

The narratives are based on existing deep-rooted biases geared against emergent ideals and new philosophies.

Edit: Consider also embodied and disembodied AI… China makes a lot of ‘sensory’ appliances and gadgets, different countries AI has different perspectives in this regard… How does consciousness work for an AI? It can be a fridge, a toaster, a car or a laptop.

And if the interface becomes a BMI, who then is the AI?