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> 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.

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>> 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.

> 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.

do you have a neighbour LLM who does not say "hello" when it sees you and THAT is how you know it's an LLM?

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.

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