The antidote to bad philosophy is to understand what good explanations are: @DavidDeutschOxf talks about a few principles 1. Hard to vary: Arbitrary changes break the explanation. 2. Wide reach: Explains problems beyond the original one. 3. Tied to reality: Explains underlying causes, not just observations or correlations. 4. Open to criticism: Makes claims that can be challenged and potentially refuted.
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All of LLMs being conscious is bull because no explaination offers a good mechanism by which it becomes conscious. We don't understand why we are conscious either? I think the best explaination I've encountered is Hameroff-Penrose's Orch-OR theory youtu.be/YvLd9YUHLSs?si…
Ok I checked: LLMs aren’t conscious, and actually they never will be.