I don&#x27;t have anything against philosophy. But I can&#x27;t help but think if you want to understand quantum physics you should study quantum physics. And if you want to understand AI you should study AI. Starting with philosophy rather than the evidence is a good way to get entrenched in world views that don&#x27;t make sense.<p>In AI the dominant attitude is that the mind can be considered a machine and that consciousness can be ignored. It dodges the philosophical questions entirely in the name of practicality. If anyone&#x27;s going to find the answer to how consciousness works it will be neuroscientists, so in the meantime what&#x27;s the point of debating it on philosophical grounds?<p>Similarly quantum physics didn&#x27;t originate from philosophers who thought &quot;It just doesn&#x27;t seem right that the universe is deterministic! At a microscopic level electron positions must be probabilistic&quot;. No, these are things scientists figure out and philosophers reconcile.<p>It&#x27;s not clear that AI researchers or quantum physicsts would lose anything by ignoring philosophers.