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Like I said, "consciousness" is a red herring and doesn't even really exist. What we care about is whether information complexity is increased. LLMs don't (and
by otabdeveloper4 3y ago
Like I said, "consciousness" is a red herring and doesn't even really exist.
What we care about is whether information complexity is increased. LLMs don't (and can't) do that by the very nature of their mathematics.
- jzombie 3y ago> ...by the very nature of their mathematics What are their mathematics? Please enlighten me.
- otabdeveloper4 3y agoTheir mathematics is a statistical model which outputs the statistically most likely result, in effect leaving only the most significant independent variables. Which decreases information complexity, by definition of "information complexity".
- jzombie 3y agoSo, if I write in, "yes, no" it will output, "maybe?" or will it just do a Google search, or will it just output either "yes" or "no?" And more importantly, will it give the same response every single time?
- LawrenceKerr 3y agoWhat do you mean it's a red herring and doesn't exist? It's quite literally the only "thing" we can be sure exists, because without consciousness, we wouldn't experience anything at all. I agree we care mainly about increasing information complexity in AI systems, but we can't discount the possiblity of consciousness being generated non-biologically in the process. I think we just need a better model of what that means exactly.