I agree, it almost seems like some type of coping mechanism for that fact that after all the ability to get computers to generate art and coherent sentences, we

I agree, it almost seems like some type of coping mechanism for that fact that after all the ability to get computers to generate art and coherent sentences, we're still completely none the wiser about understanding objective reality and consciousness and even knowing how to really enjoy the gift of having the experience of consciousness. So instead people create these type of "cop outs". Mechanical drawing machines have existed forever, I loved, love, loved them when I was a kid and I used to hang the generated images on my wall. Never did I once look at those machines who could draw some pretty freaking awesome abstract art and think to myself, "well that's it, the vale of consciousness is so thin now, it's all an illusion", or "the machine is conscious". As impressive as some of these models are at generating art, they are still drawing machines. They display the same amount of consciousness as a mechanical drawing machine. I saw someone on Twitter ask ChatGPT-4 to draw a normal image, you know what it drew ? A picture of a suburban neighborhood, why might a conscious drawing machine do that?