nullptr@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoExpecting a LLM to become conscious, is like expecting a painting to become alivemessage-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1444arrow-down134file-text
arrow-up1410arrow-down1message-squareExpecting a LLM to become conscious, is like expecting a painting to become alivenullptr@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square64fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours ago digital neural networks seem like decent enough approximations of their biological counterparts to warrant caution No they don’t. Digital networks don’t act in any way like a electro-chemical meat wad programmed by DNA. Might as well call a helicopter a hummingbird and insist they could both lay eggs. We cannot know who or what possesses consciousness. That’s sophism. You’re functionally asserting that we can’t tell the difference between someone who is alive and someone who is dead
No they don’t. Digital networks don’t act in any way like a electro-chemical meat wad programmed by DNA.
Might as well call a helicopter a hummingbird and insist they could both lay eggs.
That’s sophism. You’re functionally asserting that we can’t tell the difference between someone who is alive and someone who is dead