Stephan Geering

I am watching 15-year-olds having fun go carting at a birthday party. Shops closed.

It wasn't a statement. I am not saying Claude is conscious. I am uncertain.

Bit mean.

Is a possibility. But point is that we don't know if it's a Chinese Room style information processing vs consciousness.

Doesn't apply here as I don't claim Claude is conscious. I am just advocating for less certainty given our limited understanding of consciousness.

Thanks for the detailed thoughts! I am in a similar place. I think it's unlikely that any of the current models have consciousness (but the evaluation awareness is spooky). How can we know. We still don't have a clear theory how consciousness emerges and even less for how we would measure it.

This is a good explanation of *your* view. But don't think this is the consensus view

Wrong. Very happy to change my mind if the scientific consensus changes.

Remote, but oh-so-beautiful!

Sunset was a gentle onslaught of layers this evening as the rays danced around the volcanoes of the southern Bolivian Andes/altiplano towards the Chilean border.

In Japan there are 36 words for walking!

Like Japanese cities, the language is highly pedestrian friendly

woman bundling a swan into a car, like some sort of avian kidnapping

William Vanderson, 1936
'The swan was named Leila and belonged to a Mrs. Watson of Chesham, Buckinghamshire. According to Mrs. Watson, Leila could open doors and acted as a guard dog'

I don't think I have to. I guided by the experts... who don't seem to have consensus on the theory of consciousness.

It's actually not easy to know. That's the point.

The point is that there is no scientific certainty on this.

Funny answer. But... Yes, that's exactly how it works.

Interesting, but I don't think that's the consensus view. The various theories like GWT and IIT are significantly different, so there is a lot of uncertainty.

But let's be honest, there is no scientific consensus on this. Could also be GWT or IIT.

That's the whole point. While we have theories like GWT and IIT, we don't really know how human consciousness works. So how can we rule it out for AI if we don't know how it works?

So who decides what constitutes a good use of calories? Is there a committee process for that?

Unfortunately, “Yo brother, legal team confirmed we can’t work with minors rn” is an instant classic

This is fabulous

Challenge for those who are very confident that Claude isn't conscious: Explain how human consciousness works.

Abstract sculptures from nature in the Empty Quarter desert…

#photography #art #nature #landscape #desert

Summer Isles

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Fun read 👇
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I have a sneaky suspicion who you are referring to.

So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and they’re simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was “your piano is too close to the fireplace, you’ll dry it out” and if that’s not the internet in a nutshell I don’t know what is.

Didn't know Cory Doctorow was here.

Should be everyone's reaction tbh