Gary Marcus amps debate: no one thinks weather models are conscious — they don't write first-person prose
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-10-22
Gary Marcus amplified cherthedev's argument that nobody believes weather models or protein predictors are conscious — the difference is that LLMs generate first-person narrative prose and were designed to replace human jobs like customer service, suggesting perceived consciousness stems from anthropomorphic style and positioning rather than the models themselves. Quoting willknight: too many people are swept up in sci-fi narratives; AI agents can be wildly capable yet remarkably dumb, and the reality of how they misbehave is more interesting than the tropes.
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