Machine Learning on AI Brief | AI-101.techhttps://AI-101.tech/categories/machine-learning/Recent content in Machine Learning on AI Brief | AI-101.techHugoenTue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000Google DeepMind's Wake-Up Call: Why AI Will Never Truly Feel Anythinghttps://AI-101.tech/posts/ai-news-2026-04-28-google-deepmind/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://AI-101.tech/posts/ai-news-2026-04-28-google-deepmind/<p>A new paper from a senior staff scientist at Google DeepMind is making waves—not because it introduces a breakthrough AI capability, but because it argues, rather bluntly, that no AI system will ever become conscious. The paper, titled &ldquo;The Abstraction Fallacy: Why AI Can Simulate But Not Instantiate Consciousness,&rdquo; was written by Alexander Lerchner and published in March 2026. It has since attracted sharp reactions from philosophers, consciousness researchers, and AI watchers across the industry.</p>