Do you think that LLMs have the illusion of consciousness, then?

Dr. Danko Nikolić
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-- I wonder, how is the brain able to generate insight? --


On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM Matt Mahoney <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I'm happy to see materialism dominate the philosophy of consciousness.
> This is the correct view, of course. We all have the illusion of
> consciousness because it increases reproductive fitness by motivating us to
> not die. What we call consciousness is really what it feels like to think,
> the continuous stream of positive reinforcement that we don't want to end.
> Likewise, our illusions of qualia and free will originate from positive
> reinforcement of perceptions and actions.
>
> This should be clear. LLMs pass the Turing test unless we tell them not
> to. By any possible test for consciousness, either AI has it or humans
> don't.
>
> -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected]
>
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2025, 4:38 PM John Rose via AGI <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Here we go, works better on a larger monitor, just double click the
>> theory to bring up the info:
>> https://loc.closertotruth.com/interactive
>>
>> The grid is good also:
>> https://loc.closertotruth.com/consciousness-theories
>>
>> Most (or all) can be condensed down IMO but lots of good reading.
>>
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