John Ennis

Few would even really consider whether Jev or FSD are conscious if there were no LLMs around, they would just be considered useful pieces of software In fact, I’ve never heard anyone argue that nano banana pro is conscious What’s different about the LLM is that they give text-based output, which activates the mirror neurons in our brain and hijacks our social infrastructure, so that it is easy to get mesmerized into thinking that there is a mind on the other side of those words But there is no mind there, it is an illusion The world‘s greatest puppet show

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Mehmed II @lorde_russell · Sep 27

lmfaooo yeah no says Nano banana is conscious lol

Rife @RifeWithKaiju · Sep 26

I think nanobanana pro might be a multi-modal LLM, so they would be conscious for the same reason any other LLM is. If you want to replace nanobanana with Midjourney in that statement, then what's different about the LLM isn't just text. If MJ is sentient somehow, it still

I think it is more likely that trees are conscious than that transformers can produce consciousness There is simply no mechanism for transformers to support a persistent self that can have subjective experiences Trees at least have persistence through time, so who knows

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Jerry Howell @J3rryH0well · Sep 6

No experience is subjective though. An experience by it's very nature is objective only.