HN Reader

"We conclude that the LLM has developed an analog form of humanlike cognitive selfhood."

Slack.

I was just using one (the mini at DDG) that declared one very small value for a mathematical probability of an event, then (in the next reply) declared a 1-in-1 probability for the same event.

I’m amazed at the number of adults that think LLMs are “alive”.

Let’s be clear, they aren’t, but if you truly believe they are and you still use them then you’re essentially practicing slavery.

Now tell me seriously that ChatGPT is not sentient.

/s

with enough CPU anything linguistic or analog becomes sentient — time is irrelevant ... patience isn't

cognitive dissonance is just neuro-chemical drama and or theater

and enough "free choice" is made to only to piss someone off ... so is "moderation", albeit potentially mostly counter-factual ...

I use frontier models every day and cannot fathom how anyone could think they're sentient. They make so many obvious mistakes and every reply feels like a regurgitation rather than rational thoughts.