Alexander Lerchner
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AI consciousness debate: LessWrong author critiques "The Abstraction Fallacy" paper
A LessWrong post by an anonymous author critiques Alexander Lerchner's paper "The Abstraction Fallacy," which argues that AI cannot instantiate consciousness. The author contends that Lerchner's concept of a "mapmaker" …
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Google DeepMind researcher questions AI consciousness; US backs xAI on bias law
A Google DeepMind researcher has published a paper arguing that AI can never achieve consciousness due to what he terms the "Abstraction Fallacy." Separately, the U.S. Department of Justice has intervened in a lawsuit f…
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Google DeepMind scientist argues AI will never achieve consciousness
A Google DeepMind scientist, Alexander Lerchner, has published a paper arguing that Large Language Models and other computational systems can never achieve consciousness. His argument, termed the "abstraction fallacy," …
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Google DeepMind CEO: Humanity in 'foothills of singularity'
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has stated that humanity is in the "foothills of the singularity," suggesting that AGI could arrive within a few years. This prediction, made at Google I/O, contrasts with the views of…