Developer Argues No One Who Truly Understands LLMs Believes They Are Conscious

Developer jon3k claims that anyone who truly understands how LLMs work cannot sincerely believe they are conscious, calling them nothing but vectors and matrix multiplications. The post sparked heated debate, with users pushing back over whether neural networks could possess consciousness.

2026-09-20 ~ 2026-09-21 · 2 related posts

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