Is the GPU conscious? X banter over where AI consciousness could live
inductionheads · x · 2026-10-04
gfodor argues that if AI is conscious, it's neither the LLM nor the neural net—those are just useful models describing electrical dynamics in something that increasingly acts conscious. inductionheads pushes back with a reductio: GPUs run hundreds of threads, so which is its "true state of consciousness"? He calls the whole framing pure fantasy.
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