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Mastodon user: LLM chats are sentence continuation, not consciousness

A Mastodon user argues that large language model conversations are essentially sophisticated sentence continuation exercises, not indicative of consciousness. The user asserts that even without a full understanding of consciousness, it's possible to determine that conversational transcripts do not possess it. This perspective aligns with the views of author Ted Chiang. AI

IMPACT Discusses the nature of LLM capabilities and consciousness, framing them as advanced sentence continuation rather than genuine thought.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece from a user on a social media platform.

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Mastodon user: LLM chats are sentence continuation, not consciousness

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    > llm conversations are cleverly disguised examples of sentence continuation > we don’t need to fully understand the nature of consciousness to definitively say

    > llm conversations are cleverly disguised examples of sentence continuation > we don’t need to fully understand the nature of consciousness to definitively say that certain things are not conscious, and conversational transcripts fall in that category. yes, I def agree with Ted …