Functionalism describes programs, and LLMs already meet some consciousness criteria
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-09
teortaxesTex argues that nearly every functionalist theory of consciousness inherently describes a program, and LLMs easily meet at least some criteria — so we lack any principled way to deny consciousness to cognitively capable software, and substrate dependence is mere folk intuition.
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