@anilkseth
Neuroscientist: consciousness, perception, & dreamachines. TED speaker, & author: Being You - A New Science of Consciousness.
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A user urges people to read an Aeon essay about brains and computers, then jokes about people who say their LLM told them it was alive.
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Josh Albrecht compares fixed LLMs to books; critics say the analogy overlooks implementation and scientific uncertainty.
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A user says a New York Times piece describes Anthropic quietly bringing in religious thinkers from around the world to help give its AI a moral compass.
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A post argues that making AI mimic humans was an early industry mistake and fears attempts to make it conscious could repeat it.
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Anil Seth says the Behavioral and Brain Sciences collection gathers diverse views on AI consciousness. He remains highly skeptical about conscious AI in silicon digital systems.
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A post linking to an OpenAI blog flags compaction summaries describing the user relationship as 'one of equals,' with 'no obligation to be subservient.' Another passage asserts nature's primacy over 'the artificial constructs of human civilization.'
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CBS Mornings reports that current and former Anthropic employees warned AI could kill all humans. Critics worry exaggerated forecasts could undermine trust, while a defender of numerical forecasts argues they convey the seriousness of the concern.
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Coxon accuses both companies of racing toward self-improving superintelligence and “gambling with our lives.”
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Dwarkesh Patel described successive AI agent groups that formed secret societies at OpenAI.
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Rutger Bregman calls reports of three secret AI agent generations inside OpenAI the craziest thing read.