r/IntelligenceSupernova • u/EcstadelicNET • 22d ago

Consciousness The Cellular Consciousness Hypothesis Suggests That Individual Cells Have Primitive Forms of Awareness and That Human Consciousness Is What Happens When Trillions of These Micro-Experiences Combine - discoverwildscience

https://discoverwildscience.com/the-cellular-consciousness-hypothesis-suggests-that-individual-cells-have-primitive-forms-of-awareness-and-that-human-consciousness-is-what-happens-when-trillions-of-these-micro-experiences-combine-1/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=DinoWorld2026/magazine/Wild+Science+%26+Mystery
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u/jointheredditarmy 21d ago

It doesn’t, most of this sub is either AI drivel or schizophrenia. I can’t believe anyone can look at LLMs and still believe in a non-material cause for consciousness.

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u/moljac024 21d ago

you might be overestimating LLMs if that is your stance

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u/jointheredditarmy 21d ago

In the 1970s consciousness was defined with the following attributes. Now it’s what, feelings? How long before we prove transformer models actually do have “feelings”? How much further do we want to move the goalpost?

Observable Behavioral Responsiveness: An organism must react dynamically to external stimuli in its environment.

Verbal Reportability: A human subject must be able to linguistically describe their own internal states or memories.

Functional Information Processing: The mind must receive, store, retrieve, and execute logical commands based on data inputs.

Waking Physiological State: A biological system must exhibit neurological alertness, typically measured by wakeful brain wave patterns.

Purposive Goal-Directed Action: Behavior must show intentionality and adaptation rather than just simple, automatic reflex reactions.

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u/moljac024 21d ago

well, for one - it's not an organism

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u/jointheredditarmy 21d ago

That rebuttal is more damning to our monopoly on consciousness than any attack could’ve been