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minus-squareNounsAndWords@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months ago Is language conscious? Are atoms? I don’t know if LLMs of a large enough size can achieve (or sufficiently emulate) consciousness, but I do know that we barely know anything about consciousness, let alone it’s limits.
minus-squaremke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoSaying “we don’t know, and it’s complicated, therefore there’s a chance, maybe, depending” is not an argument.
Are atoms?
I don’t know if LLMs of a large enough size can achieve (or sufficiently emulate) consciousness, but I do know that we barely know anything about consciousness, let alone it’s limits.
Saying “we don’t know, and it’s complicated, therefore there’s a chance, maybe, depending” is not an argument.