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Yeah AI is like the final step of the hubris of software creation where we think we can actually make something as wonderful as the human person.

"We can't explain it therefore we can't create it" doesn't seem like a strong argument, emergent behavior and whatnot.

Hell, the fact we don't know what consciousness is means that some LLM systems (or trees! or planets!) might already have it, and we'd be none the wiser. Not that I believe this, but as these systems get larger and more sophisticated it's an increasingly concerning proposition that we have no way to validate either way.

We don't know why do many medicines work, and that doesn't stop us from using them to good results.