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Re:We need a much more sophisticated debate about AI by og_kalu on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @03:58PM (#35459623)
>This hypothetical is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

Not really. Point is that unless you believe in mysticism/magic/spiritualism behind consciousness in the brain then it doesn't matter because the only difference is degree of understanding not implausibility.

>So do you think that an ant colony has subjective experience? Sure it could. I don't know for sure. Nobody does. Humans don't see subjective experience. I can't prove that you have one. I'm just assuming you do. Same as you for anyone else.

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Re:We need a much more sophisticated debate about AI by root_axis on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @04:32PM (#35459971)
> Sure it could. I don't know for sure. Nobody does.

Yet your comments don't reflect that kind of skepticism when referring to LLMs. However, if you're fine with the panpyschist conclusions that follow from your reasoning, we don't have much to disagree on.

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