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[–] MotoAsh 24 points 6 months ago (2 children)

No, because LLMs are just a mathematical blender with ONE goal in mind: construct a good sentence. They have no thoughts, they have no corrective motion, they just spit out sentences.

You MIGHT get to passing a Turing test with enough feedback tied in, but then the "conciousness" is specifically coming from the systemic complexity at that point and still very much not the LLMs.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

So you're saying it's not good enough for a sentient personality, but it might be good enough for an average politician?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Hell, maybe even above average if the model can update itself in real time.

[–] MotoAsh 10 points 6 months ago

Oh, if we're talking about what it takes to replace politicians, technology has been capable of that for years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

In my opinion you are giving way too much credit to human beings. We are mainly just machines that spit out sentences.

[–] MotoAsh 11 points 6 months ago

No, you are giving too much credit to LLMs. Thinking LLMs are capable of sentience is as stupid as thinking individual neurons could learn physics.