François Chollet Turns Philosopher of Mind, Argues Consciousness Reductions Cut Both Ways
austinc3301 · x · 2026-10-05
François Chollet tweeted about "consciousness": reductio ad absurdum arguments cut both ways convincingly. If an LLM is just a bunch of matrix products, claiming it's conscious would imply a matrix product is—but the same reductionist argument applies to humans. One commenter mocked him for becoming a philosopher of mind overnight, while another urged more humility and engagement with decades of existing consciousness research.
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