Is the brain just a wet computer? The hidden dualism in the LLM intelligence debate
generativist · x · 2026-09-15
A debate thread argues that dismissing LLMs as a "Python loop" reveals entrenched implicit dualism: many self-described materialists assume computer programs can't possibly be intelligent, yet the brain itself is just a wet computer produced by billions of years of blind evolution. Quoting the thread, TheStalwart adds that we're reacting to AI much as Ancient Greeks did to the invention of writing, amid high-stakes public debates over core philosophical questions.
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