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Bernardo de La Paz

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9. There is no spooky-woo to human consciousness. It is simply emergent behaviour

Reply to patphil (Reply #6)

Fri Oct 17, 2025, 04:59 PM

Oct 2025

The more advanced the animal, the more conscious it is, which is a clear indication that consciousness emerges and increases with evolution.

Be sure to know that "conscious" and "not conscious" is not the simplistic binary state that some would have it be.

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Open AI admits that Large Language Models like ChatGPT will always hallucinate [View all] speak easy Oct 2025 OP

Wasn't the AI warned not to take the brown ASCII? Dave Bowman Oct 2025 #1

Lol! Blues Heron Oct 2025 #2

Now ask it markodochartaigh Oct 2025 #3

Artificial Intelligence is much larger than just LLMs. . . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #4

"Hallucinations" seems like an overly dramatic word for mistakes. enough Oct 2025 #5

Mistake is not a world that means speak easy Oct 2025 #7

There is an intangible aspect to human consciousness that AI can never faithfully reproduce. patphil Oct 2025 #6

There is also something more tangible - fundamental uncertainty. speak easy Oct 2025 #8

There is no spooky-woo to human consciousness. It is simply emergent behaviour Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #9

This is a brilliant post Alephy Oct 2025 #10

spooky-woo? What's that? patphil Oct 2025 #11

Spooky-woo is this: Alephy Oct 2025 #12

It's sad that you have to critcize in such a derrogatory way that which you don't beleive in and have no experience of. patphil Oct 2025 #14

I apologize if I offended you Alephy Oct 2025 #16

Apology accepted. Perhaps a little over reaction on both sides. patphil Oct 2025 #18

There is no binary state of being conscious vs not being conscious. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #17

I don't tell people what to think. I find that to be a worthless and thankless endeavor. patphil Oct 2025 #19

Again, I ask, what is this "more" you speak of. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #20

Considering the smarter experts on AI have been pointing out this fundamental problem with LLMs highplainsdem Oct 2025 #13

It's not "admitting" anything. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2025 #15

When you scrape the internet to train your LLM... tinrobot Oct 2025 #21

"Open the pod bay doors, HAL" Swede Oct 2025 #22

"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that" speak easy Oct 2025 #23