Consciousness debate ignores architecture: Why AlphaFold isn't 'aware'
bendee983 · x · 2026-08-23
A thought-provoking point from ML Street Talk: while there is much discussion on consciousness in LLMs, no one ascribes personhood to AlphaFold despite similar architectures. This highlights how much we index on language rather than substrate when judging intelligence or consciousness.
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