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> I think that LLMs can be said to be ”think” in ways that are analogous to what we do. ... But human consciousness produces an experience (the experience of being conscious) as opposed to some definite output. I do not think it is computable in the same way.

"We've all been dancing around the basic issue: does Data have a soul?" -- Captain Louvois. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Measure_Of_A_Man_(e...



That may be an illusion. And easily outputtable in the same way. Function calling in the output to release certain hormones etc.


I for one (along with many thinkers) define intelligence as the extent to which an agent can solve a particular task. I choose the definition to separate it from issues involving consciousness.

Both matter of course.


And that's a useful and pragmatic definition, because it's very hard to measure the other definition even just for other humans.




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