Perhaps the people who are more inclined to think that large language models are conscious in some cases are people themselves who have a self-image that their brain operates more like a large language model. If I imagine thinking this then I need to have a much narrower sense
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The universe is a dead-ish computer which also amplifies and rationalizes the nihilism. It flattens out the vital aspects of lived experience in a certain way and perhaps that is the reason that psychedelics are popular, or at least part of the reason. Because they can give a
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Not even close to the case. I just don't think that the brain is made out of magic, so I'm able to be clear-eyed when trying to narrow down what does and doesn't appear necessary for consciousness within biological brains.