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0 pointsmargalabargala23d ago0 comments

I don't know. I also don't see how that changes the question. What is an AI, ultimately, without its computer hardware?

0 pointsmargalabargala23d ago0 comments

I don't know. I also don't see how that changes the question. What is an AI, ultimately, without its computer hardware?

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felipeerias23d ago· 4 in thread

Hardware is fungible. Each LLM response in a conversation could be served from a different machine.

Would you be "you" in a different body?

Human bodies are fungible. I think I would be "me" in a different body, yes. So is anybody.

To claim otherwise would mean anyone who's gotten a transplant or amputation is no longer themselves.

What most people think of as "me" is a product of their brain. If you somehow could get a brain transplant you certainly would not be "you".

What, exactly, would be the link between you as you are right now, and “you” in a different body?

Of course they are themselves. The question is whether they are a different self.

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