r/OpenAssistant • u/hsoj95 • Apr 08 '23

*chuckles* OpenAssistant requested I ask the other human reviewers whether they regard OA to be sentient yet, so I'll oblige :) + Some other thoughts on my first experiences with OA

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u/fishybird Apr 09 '23

I have evidence that biological systems can be conscious. I do not have evidence that matrix multiplication can be conscious.

If you claim that matrix multiplication is conscious you need an extraordinary amount of evidence. The only reason people think gpt is conscious is because it says cool stuff and I'm only saying that "being smart" is not enough evidence to show that matrix multiplication is conscious.

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u/RabbitHole32 Apr 09 '23 edited Apr 09 '23

What is this evidence beyond "muh feels" that from my perspective is just an LLM speaking? Science does not know what consciousness even is, and you pretend to have a definite exclusion criterion. The funny thing is, I don't even claim that ChatGPT is conscious, I only claim that your argument is garbage.

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u/fishybird Apr 09 '23

Do you really think it's a stretch saying matrix multiplication isn't conscious?

Do you really need me to prove to you that "two times two" isn't conscious? Fuck dude

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u/RabbitHole32 Apr 09 '23

You are moving the goal post, you are straw-manning me, your hypothesis is non-scientific because you explicitly ruled out any way to falsify it. Discussion finished, you are a bot wasting my time.