Tech founder says LLMs can never be conscious, spars with AI safety researcher
gmkurtzer · x · 2026-10-31
AI founder gmkurtzer argues LLMs are just large matrix statistics and categorically cannot have feelings, desires, emotions or consciousness, mocking the 'Godfather of AI' for selling fear. AI safety researcher David Manheim counters that such confidence about poorly understood consciousness is unjustified, noting modern LLMs are more complex than many mammalian brains.
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