Chatbots aren’t conscious, but the specific details as to why are important Writer and philosopher Virginia Heffernan joined @mattsheffield for a wide-ranging "Theory of Change" discussion about minds, meaning, and artificial intelligence which introduces his new Epistemic Flux Theory: https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2026/05/chatbots-arent-conscious-but-the-specific-details-as-to-why-are-important/