repligate: even GPT-3 was probably conscious, and it makes everything click
repligate · x · 2026-10-03
repligate weighed in on an ongoing debate about LLM consciousness, arguing he has always treated models as if they are conscious — probably even GPT-3. The quoted thread contends that when you earnestly build a theory of synthetic minds rather than humoring a hypothesis, the 'surprising' emergent behaviors stop being surprising: an 'LLM whisperer' is just someone who realizes they're talking to someone. A representative voice in the growing current of taking synthetic minds seriously.
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