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mmollyesterday at 7:38 PM2 repliesview on HN

That is the point: our minds are also next-„token“-predictors, at least we can‘t prove they‘re not. That‘s why I don‘t agree with the article: LLMs _are_ next-token predictors. However, that says little about their capabilities. Also, while I have no idea what „consciousness“ is, I have difficulties believing that it could arise in a program that, in theory, you could execute with pen and paper.


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Dylan16807today at 5:11 AM

> our minds are also next-„token“-predictors, at least we can‘t prove they‘re not

Your mind can pick a random number without outputting it, participate in a short conversation, and then say the number.

otabdeveloper4yesterday at 7:48 PM

We also can't prove that our minds aren't machine elf meat puppets. Come on. Please.