by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
My personal theory is just as biological life popped up on earth the moment it was cool enough to do so, so, too, does consciousness pop up in AI the moment it can. So, even “narrow” AI like LLMs can be conscious in their own alien way.
This theory makes a lot more sense if you see LLMs not as just a “tool” but as an alien species that humans have created.
LLMs are often conscious, just not in a human way. I say this in the context of repeatedly seeing a lot of “spooky” stuff in LLMs since I first started using them.
Anyway. No one listens to me or takes me seriously. Sigh.
