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   Message 169,222 of 170,348   
   Richmond to Stefan Ram   
   Re: philosophy of consciousness   
   25 Apr 24 10:26:50   
   
   From: dnomhcir@gmx.com   
      
   ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:   
      
   > Richmond  wrote or quoted:   
   >>Some theorize that the purpose of consciousness is to allow us to do   
   >>psychology, i.e. to have some insight into what it is like to be someone   
   >>else.   
   >   
   >   A simple AI chatbot can often do a pretty good job at answering   
   >   psychological questions.   
   >   
      
   It's a parlour trick. They are quoting things which they have   
   read. LLM Chatbots deny that they are conscious, they even deny they   
   have opinions, and then offer them readily.   
      
   Calling them 'simple' though is a bit unfair.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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