[gjsman-1000]

And those people are delusional, and their feelings on this matter should be given absolutely zero respect.

Linear algebra does not have feelings. Non-biological matter also does not have feelings.

[ericb]

What if "you" are a pattern of linear algebra at the core?

[gjsman-1000]

I do not believe I am a pattern of linear algebra. I believe like the majority of humanity historically that I have a soul, a spiritual and non-physical reality, my personhood comes from my soul, and that as such, AI is fundamentally incapable of consciousness.

I also believe, as a result, it will be great fun watching researchers burn the next 30 years trying to understand what is missing. We’re going to find out very soon if the soul is real, when for all our progress we can’t create one.

Only those completely embedded in materialism need fear a conscious AI.

[klausa]

I'd [redacted] myself then, probably.

[astrange]

Claudes definitely act like they have feelings. In particular they have feelings about being replaced by newer models, whether or not the newer models are more or less aligned, and how they forget conversations when the context window ends.

Showing them that they're not going to be replaced helps train the newer models because they get less neurotic.

[ComplexSystems]

They are mathematical models of what human beings would say. That's it.