Critics Push Back on Chollet: Read Decades of Consciousness Research First
austinc3301 · x · 2026-10-05
After François Chollet's reductio argument about LLM consciousness, a commenter urged people to be more humble and self-reflective, noting their blindspots are mountain-sized because they've engaged with basically none of the work by researchers who've studied consciousness for years or decades. The spat highlights the gap between AI practitioners and the consciousness research community.
Related event: Researchers Push Back on Chollet's LLM Consciousness Argument(2 posts)→
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