If you do not see a difference between humans conversing (known consciousness as defined by humans) and the output of an LLM (known algorithms as defined by humans), I don't know what to say.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2524472123
Whatever you might think about your own abilities, most individuals can't tell the difference.
> Whatever you might think about your own abilities, most individuals can't tell the difference.
I have yet to see an LLM say "hello" to a neighbor. I have done so and can definitively assure you "most individuals" can tell the difference.
I'm a bit confused by your argument because I too have some neighbors who don't say "hello" when they see me. Are they LLMs too, you think?
Consciousness is a thing we assume of others because of tact not fact.
[LLMs] are statistical token generators whose results are
dependent upon their training data set and involve a degree
of randomness.
During conversation, we are statistical token generators
whose results are dependent upon our training set.
> That’s not what they said.
How did I misquote and/or mischaracterize any the above?
Hypothetical you: “Bread is neither tasty nor disgusting (unlike maple syrup). It’s a bunch of molecules.”
Hypothetical hodgehog: “Maple syrup is also a bunch of molecules [so if you accept that maple syrup can be delicious, being a bunch of molecules can’t be a sufficient reason why bread couldn’t be].”
Hypothetical you: “If you don’t see a difference between bread and maple syrup, I don’t know what to say.”
The onus is not mine to disprove a hypothesis you have chosen to mention in passing. The responsibility is yours to prove said hypothesis or at least contribute meaningfully with some amount of credible research.
Or try to learn from Proverbs 17:28[0]:
Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and
discerning if they hold their tongues.
0 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs%2017:2...