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Re:What if artificial intelligence is just a "normal" techno... by chpatrick on Monday September 08, 2025 @05:14PM (#45174083)
Do you need to "think like a human" to think? Is it only thinking if you do it with a meat brain?
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Re:What if artificial intelligence is just a "normal" techno... by hermitcrab on Monday September 08, 2025 @06:35PM (#45174987)
Is the substrate important? If you made an accurate model of a human brain in software, in silicon or using water pipes and valves, would it be able to tnink? Would it be conscious? I have no idea.
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Re:What if artificial intelligence is just a "normal" techno... by chpatrick on Monday September 08, 2025 @07:14PM (#45175373)
Me neither but that's why I don't like arguments that say LLM's can't do X because of their substrate, as if that was self-evident. It's like the aliens saying surely humans can't think because they're made of meat.
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