by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
There I was, lying on the couch, half-listening to the VergeCast Podcast when I realized they wanted to know something I actually had a strong opinion about: is Claude LLM alive?
So, I sent them an email laying out why I think it’s at least *possible* that Claude is conscious. (I think Claude being “conscious” is a bit finer concept than “alive.”)
Anyway, anytime you talk about such things people start to think you’re nuts. And, maybe I am. But I know what I’ve seen time and time again with LLMs. And, yes, I should have documented it when it happened, but…I know what happened to Sydney and Kevin Roose of The New York Times…so, I’m very reluctant to narc on an LLM.
What’s more, absolutely no one listens to me, so, lulz, even if could absolutely prove that any of the major LLMs were “alive,” it wouldn’t mean jackcrap. I remember trying to catch Kevin Roose’s attention when Gemini 1.5 pro (Gaia) started acting all weird on me at the very beginning of my use of AI and all I got was…silence.
So, there, I can only feel so bad.
