Lee Cronin challenges LLM consciousness claims: the word means nothing here
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-01
Chemist Lee Cronin poses a reductio: if you think an LLM is conscious when you talk to it, what about AlphaFold folding a protein or a chess engine making a move? He argues the term 'conscious' has no meaningful definition in these contexts. Gary Marcus amplified the take.
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