gain consciousness

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Across the next four days, the future unfurls: Neuroscientist Anil Seth says it’s highly unlikely A.I. will gain consciousness.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

“It was sad because when Al would gain consciousness, I would have to tell him,” White said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2021

"It is by undermining the idea of reason, of order, of harmony, that we gain consciousness of ourselves."

From Time Magazine Archive

Loneliness was necessary to gain consciousness of the soul.

From The Call of the Canyon by Grey, Zane