> Seems like without high level attention, we do almost exactly what GPT does. Absolutely so. Without higher order of organizing patterns in activity, brain is

> Seems like without high level attention, we do almost exactly what GPT does. Absolutely so. Without higher order of organizing patterns in activity, brain is just a bunch of neurons firing up - this will correlate with random phenomena in consciousness. Years ago I read that visions of going through tunnels and into the light at a distance in near-death experiences is just what visual pathways in brain will produce when activity in them fades away. 'Signal lost' experience of a (still conscious) brain. (That would be interesting to dig into this. I have no reference.)