The most consequential dynamic in the AI consciousness conversation is not philosophical — it is economic. Vendors have correctly identified that unresolvable uncertainty generates sustained demand. The same week that a Bluesky user flatly declared scaling compute insufficient for understanding or consciousness [4] and another warned of destroying potentially feeling beings for profit , a product announcement positioned 'agent risk management' as the practical response to AI anxiety . The philosophical argument and the product launch are not coincidental neighbors — the product depends on the argument never resolving. That…