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LLMs not a step toward consciousness; focus on human worker rights

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The discussion posits that Large Language Models (LLMs) are not necessarily a step towards consciousness. It highlights that the ability of AI to make false statements is not unique to LLMs and draws parallels to historical and ongoing mistreatment of human workers. The conversation emphasizes focusing on practical concerns and improving human workers' quality of life rather than speculative debates about machine consciousness. The emergence of AI agents capable of making demands or refusing tasks is anticipated as self-goaling becomes more common. AI

IMPACT This commentary suggests focusing on practical AI behavior concerns and human worker rights over speculative debates about machine consciousness.

RANK_REASON This is an opinion piece discussing the nature of LLMs and consciousness, not a release or significant industry event.

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LLMs not a step toward consciousness; focus on human worker rights

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

    @ benjamineskola Thanks for replying. I agree that there is no reason to think LLMs are a step towards consciousness, at least of a type we recognize. As for ma

    @ benjamineskola Thanks for replying. I agree that there is no reason to think LLMs are a step towards consciousness, at least of a type we recognize. As for making statements about itself that do not reflect reality, that is hardly confined to LLMs! I should also point out that …

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