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@Swedneck @futurebird but isn't the same true of humans? We know it's just electrical signals and action potentials in the brain and nervous system. But somehow, mysteriously, that collection of bits and pieces we understand gives rise to consciousness and agency.

To be clear, I'm not arguing that LLMs are conscious, I'm arguing that consciousness is hard and the critique that LLMs aren't conscious or "don't understand" things is the wrong way to criticise them.