Dileep George: if an LLM has a survival drive, why isn't it analogous to a living thing?
dileeplearning · x · 2026-10-11
In his debate with Andrew Lampinen, Dileep George pushes back: "Where exactly did you measure mental states? Have there been minds without brains?" He argues both sides are just trading anthropomorphisms, and asks what disqualifies an LLM with a survival drive from being analogous to a living thing.
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