Do you think that LLMs have the illusion of consciousness, then? Dr. Danko Nikolić CEO, Robots Go Mental www.robotsgomental.com www.danko-nikolic.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/danko-nikolic/ -- 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. >> > *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* > / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + > participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + > delivery options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> > Permalink > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T8f6c809749765377-Me98523956fac5dda13a1b782> > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T8f6c809749765377-M826c3ca1b92d9213eccc9e5a Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
