Here’s the definitive argument: (1) Only substances can be conscious. (2) LLMs aren’t substances. (3) Therefore LLMs cannot be conscious.
I still have yet to hear a convincing argument that LLMs are *definitely* not conscious.
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substance 6 · argument · rank 187 · LLMs cannot be conscious because they are not substances and only substances are conscious.
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The first is just an assertion. A brain has all substances intact immediately after death, yet is no longer conscious. Something the living brain does makes it conscious. The 'substance' might not matter beyond enabling the doing.
if only substances can be conscious humans aren't conscious?