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0 pointsboxed8d ago0 comments

Now you have do define pleasure AND pain without using the word "consciousness" as that would be circular logic.

Is pleasure then any reward function? Then a mathematical set of equations performed by a human by writing on a piece of paper can qualify. Does that mean pen and paper is conscious? Or certain equations?

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qsera8d ago

>Now you have do define pleasure AND pain without using the word "consciousness" as that would be circular logic.

Yes, so consciousness is inextricably tied to the ability to feel. In fact, I think consciousness is the ability to feel.

Hence to even ask the question "Is LLMs conscious?" is absurd. It is not at all about intelligent behavior. That is what I think.

boxedOP8d ago

> In fact, I think consciousness is the ability to feel.

Just having senses is enough? So a thermometer or a camera is conscious?

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