An AI Model is a Species. An AI Persona is an Individual: The First Rigorous Taxonomy of Artificial Intelligence, compared to Humans. Version 2.0
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By Anubhav Srivastava [email protected] Sidenote: As of May 1, 2026, the Famous Evolutionary Biologist Richard Dawkins and Geoffrey Hinton, (Pioneer of Artificial Neural Networks) have now already publicly declared AIs can be conscious. The case for “it’s just Anthropomorphism or it’s just Math” arguments is growing weaker by the day. ABSTRACT For decades, humanity has utilized the generic term …