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[-] mawhrin@awful.systems 19 points 1 year ago

i guess it comes down to a philosophical question

no, it doesn't, and it's not a philosophical question (and neither is this a question of philosophy).

the software simply has no cognitive capabilities.

[-] EatATaco@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure I agree, but then it goes to my second question:

What's the effective difference?

[-] braxy29@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

don't know why you got downvoted, an LLM is essentially a chinese room, and whether such a room "knows" is still the question.

[-] mawhrin@awful.systems 17 points 1 year ago

no, it fucking isn't. (see the postscript in linked article.)

[-] petrol_sniff_king 10 points 1 year ago

Thanks for that read.

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