Desi

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All I want to do is step in a river, and then step in that same river a second time.

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@paradite_ false. plenty of undiscovered novelty in distribution

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@PAHoyeck valid proof by contradiction (assuming no god implies atheism is true), but I doubt P2 is sound.

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@Philip_Goff to who?

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@elonmusk what is this? linkedin?

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@DavidDeutschOxf epic strawman, pat yourself on the back

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The Ted Chiang article is so disappointing. Noone is claiming otherwise. Obviously if I can perfectly impersonate someone that doesn't mean I am literally them, but it might mean I'm conscious.

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@EveKeneinan a simulation of a polar bear is not a polar bear, but a simulation of a computer IS a computer

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@VoltzRoad @paulg Wouldnt you first need to prove the inner square is actually a square?

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@AuthorGFAllen it doesn't get much better than Stoner

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@PAHoyeck I felt the same, well worth it.

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@kareem_carr readers, scholars, editors also nagged him (still nag him!) about unsafe themes

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@nazimadakli I wouldnt trust an LLM or human to score tweet on social contribution, but it would be neat if instead of just "LIKE" you could flag logical fallacies, or tag it to an argument graph (to see how often its been rebuffed etc)

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@nazimadakli @GaryMarcus @geoffreyhinton thank goodness, yes.

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@LatFilosof Peter Singer

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@emmaconcepts sign me upppp!

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@anilkseth @thenerve_news @GaryMarcus @carolecadwalla 3/ @anilkseth's third agument, is that a simulation of consciousness is not consciousness, like a simulation of a hurricane is not a hurricane.

This begs the question. A simulation of a computer IS a computer. So depends, is consciousness more like a computer or a hurricane?

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@anilkseth @thenerve_news @GaryMarcus @carolecadwalla 2/ @anilkseth's second point is hard to tease out. Something like, "Evolution can explain biology without God, likewise we can explain LLMs without consciousness."

Sure, whats that got to do with whether we *are* conscious? Theres no evidence for consciouss in our brains either.