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0 pointsJtarii22d ago0 comments

>As a being that knows what consciousness is intuitively, you already know that a graphics card is most likely not conscious.

I would say that it is more likely than not that a graphics card exhibits some form of consciousness. But I am a panpsychist, I believe an individual atom has some form of consciousness.

Ultimately consciousness has to come from somewhere, and it being a fundamental property of matter is a good a place as any.

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starbugs22d ago

> I would say that it is more likely than not that a graphics card exhibits some form of consciousness. But I am a panpsychist, I believe an individual atom has some form of consciousness.

Fair enough point. But then I guess you'd also say that a piece of silicon or sand exhibits some form of consciousness. I don't think that's what people mean when they talk about the potential of LLMs (the algorithm) being conscious or somehow developing consciousness?

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