'Consciousness is substrate dependent,' said the LLM running on a Trainium pod
joshua_saxe · x · 2026-10-31
An AI-circle joke from engineer joshuasaxe, replying to a debate on whether consciousness is substrate-dependent: "Consciousness is substrate dependent, said the LLM running on a Trainium pod." The humor lies in the self-referential setup — an LLM itself vouching for the claim that minds depend on their physical substrate.
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