For the most part I think we agree. There is a lot of uncertainty around the mechanics of consciousness, a lot of reasons to doubt the existence of those mechanics in current AI, and a lot of failed endeavors to use biological mimicry to improve AI state of the art.

I don't think that precludes remaining concerned with the continued push to make current models more humanlike in nature. My initial comment was spurred by the fact that this paper is literally presenting itself as solving the missing link between transformer architectures and the human brain.

Here's to hoping this all goes toward a better world.