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I don't think Chiang's case of comparing LLMs to Word docs is compelling. At least, it's not convincing! There are lots of better anti-AI-consciousness arguments, we don't need to pretend these systems are dumb or don't understand anything. People have eyes.
Compelling essay by sci-fi writer Ted Chiang on why LLMs are nowhere near consciousness, but why it serves the interests of LLM companies to constantly suggest that they might be.
I've pulled one quote below, but the whole article is worth reading.
