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sedgjh23today at 4:04 AM2 repliesview on HN

I’m convinced consciousness isn’t the special thing we think it is.


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nozzlegeartoday at 4:21 AM

I'm convinced it is, so we're at an impasse.

imtringuedtoday at 7:31 AM

If consciousness isn't a special thing, then arguing that LLM parameters are conscious is panpsychism or any control loop architecture that observes the outside world, updates an internal state and produces an observable action is considered conscious.

In both cases, LLMs are just as boring as the consciousness definition.