Bacteria cooperate without consciousness; AI substrate argument debunked
max_paperclips · x · 2026-09-01
Argues against the view that "LLMs are just matrices." Cites Dictyostelium discoideum to show bacteria cooperate, communicate, and sacrifice using only biochemistry. Reducing a system to its substrate doesn't make its higher-level emergent behavior disappear.
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