Good Lord, what a f***ing day. "AI chatbots, he says, must understand your questions in order to answer them. There's an awareness there that equates to sentience." 😭
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Geoffrey Hinton claims AI chatbots are already conscious, arguing their ability to understand questions represents real cognitive awareness
He limits discussing LLM consciousness to prioritize AI safety.
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Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_
Geoffrey Hinton said yesterday that LLM's are already conscious, that 'We're going to have to accept that intelligence is not just biological' and that they are 'beings, like us.' He also said the only reason he doesn't say this more is that it distracts from the safety argument.
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