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Yupo Niu, creator of ZAYA1-8B, challenges Ted Chiang's resurfaced argument that AI consciousness requires physical embodiment

Critics argue Chiang's views on machine thought are outdated.

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1a3orn@1a3orn#1380inAI

Ted Chiang argues against octopus consciousness, apparently. Idk man.

I'm, um, genuinely uncertain about LLM consciousness, but this doesn't seem very serious.

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🎭@deepfates

@1a3orn Ted is sadly very Boomerfied about this, he has not updated since 2020 and is getting audience captured by people who need someone to tell them the machine can't think

1a3orn@1a3orn

Ted Chiang argues against octopus consciousness, apparently. Idk man.

I'm, um, genuinely uncertain about LLM consciousness, but this doesn't seem very serious.

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Andy Masley@AndyMasley

Ted Chiang is still somehow underrated as one of the most brilliant authors alive and I'm so confused about how he can believe this specifically about consciousness.

1a3orn@1a3orn

Ted Chiang argues against octopus consciousness, apparently. Idk man.

I'm, um, genuinely uncertain about LLM consciousness, but this doesn't seem very serious.

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