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Re:Language models can explain neurons in language models by marshray on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @05:49PM (#35893980)
> I didn't argue anything about humans being special

Above you said about AI LMs:

> There is no "their" and there is no "thought process"

So, unless you're claiming that humans lack a thought process as well, then you're arguing that humans are special.

> All this talk of AGI and sentience and so on is premature and totally unfounded

I don't see any mention of AGI or sentience in this thread?

Also, I don't think anyone could read this transcript with GPT-4 and still claim that it's incapable of a significant degree of self-reflection and metacognition:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35880148

Re:Language models can explain neurons in language models by jmfldn on Saturday May 13, 2023 @11:00AM (#35929022)
I reject the words 'self' and 'cognition' in your comment. This is exactly what I'm talking about. A facsimile of them, maybe...