The reason I'm skeptical that GPT-like models can ever reach consciousness is because they're centred around language, whereas consciousness isn't. While it's e

The reason I'm skeptical that GPT-like models can ever reach consciousness is because they're centred around language, whereas consciousness isn't. While it's entirely possible to reach the same result with different methods, my intuition tells me that language-based models are just not going to cut it ever, which is admittedly very unscientific.