Artificial-intelligence systems such as large language models (LLMs) can exhibit behaviour that seems strikingly intelligent. This has led many people, including some experts, to wonder whether these systems could have some form of consciousness — the capacity for subjective experience. However, we think that existing AI systems are not conscious, and that, along current trajectories of development, they are not likely to become conscious. Greater clarity about whether AI could become consciousness will be crucial as society grapples with the challenges posed by this increasingly powerful technology.

  • bunchberry@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    Still, Chalmerite bug person cannot admit that someone who disagrees with them might disagree for reasons other than misunderstanding. Not a single bone in your body will ever allow you to admit that other people may disagree for reasons other than being ignorant of the holy scriptures, because then you’d actually have to have neurons fire in your brain to justify why you believe what you do. Every post you make must be layered with long rants about how I do not understand anything because it is necessary to avoid actually having to justify why you believe what you do, which requires independent thought.

    Color is a subjective experience

    Why is color a subjective experience? I mean, the image you sent me is something you sent to me because you knew I would look at it and see the same colors you are seeing… that seems pretty objective to me.

    (which, for the third time, does NOT mean a physical experience happening to a subject (like you), it means your perception of that physical experience).

    I’m not sure I see the distinction. My perception is just a physical experience happening to me.

    Do you understand what I’m trying to communicate about the difference between a physical phenomena, and your perception of said physical phenomena?

    No, you keep just describing the same thing twice but saying one is different by fiat without ever actually giving any explanation as to why.

    • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 hours ago

      And around and around we go. How many times will I explain the same thing, and how many times will you not disagree, but fail to understand my argument entirely?

      Chalmerite bug person cannot admit that someone who disagrees with them might disagree for reasons other than misunderstanding

      “Do you understand what I’m trying to communicate”

      No

      You can rant all you want about how I’m arguing from authority (I’m not) or how you’re disagreeing rather than not understanding, but you keep literally saying you do not understand.

      Your perception of the squares in the image is “subjective” because you are seeing the same light from both grey squares but perceiving it differently based on context. You are literally percieving the same objective physical phenomenon in two different subjective ways.