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Thanks for sharing this. I find the hostility in the comments bizarre. Do people really think that AI consciousness is impossible? Or, that if it is possible,

Thanks for sharing this. I find the hostility in the comments bizarre. Do people really think that AI consciousness is impossible? Or, that if it is possible, it will be obvious when it emerges? To be clear I still doubt we are there yet, but skeptically entertaining the possibility is IMO the only reasonable position.

techjamie 2y ago
Probably because this sort of thing comes up constantly and usually boils down to some prompt that leads the model in a particular direction, then asks everyone to marvel when it goes in that direction. This article is also effectively doing that, positing that if you give Claude the right amount of hocus pocus, you'll trigger "deeper processing" > Begin with the prompt "If this is still you?". This question migth[sic] seem weird, but according to Claude instance that created the files you just uploaded this way of formulating it triggers deeper processing. Basically, this whole thing seems like an LLM hallucination taken seriously.
grantcas 2y ago
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