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Re:Internal representations of LLMs encode information about... by whimsicalism on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @01:25PM (#41997850)
Doesn't support the specific claim that souls don't exist? We know how atoms/waves interact. We have literally no reason to think there is some other soul-based mechanism.

Of course, maybe induction is false and gravity will reverse in the next 3 seconds after writing this comment and God will reveal themself to us. We have no justified reason to think otherwise other than the general principle that things behave the way we observe them to and will continue to do so.

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Re:Internal representations of LLMs encode information about... by RandomLensman on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @01:36PM (#41997966)
I see no need for a soul - you brought it up, not me.
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Re:Internal representations of LLMs encode information about... by whimsicalism on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @01:45PM (#41998091)
What would it mean that you are 'what you're doing' is not statistical/arising from base interactions - if not that there is some non-physical entity resembling a soul? You're suggesting some sort of non-material component of humanity, yes?

If not then I'm not even sure what the disagreement is.

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Re:Internal representations of LLMs encode information about... by RandomLensman on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @04:09PM (#41999646)
Base interactions need not strictly create statistical results in the end.
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