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Comment by rbanffy | Hacker News Reader

My vote is "when it says so". I can't really prove it's not.

GPT-3 already says so. You can't "prove it" either way. Such is the nature of consciousness. Good luck using that metric.

Who needs GPT-3?

    printf("I'm conscious!\n");

There, it says so.

`printf` for a literal, seriously?

OK... The compiler will do your job for you, drop the \n and use a puts instead, but, still, it'll be very disappointed with you.

That's how I test the compiler's level of consciousness. Does it just blindly apply some predefined optimisations like an automaton, or does it enter into a meaningful discussion with me to determine my real intent here, and the best way to fulfil it?

Holy shit, did I just witness the birth of Skynet on HN?

No.

The real Skynet will answer like this.

    def main():
      print("I am conscious")

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