If My Brain Predicts the Next Word Like an LLM, Could a Machine Feel Alive?
Powerful-Laugh-8842 · reddit · 2026-11-08
A Reddit post argues that speaking often feels automatic — the brain generates sentences word by word like a prediction engine, much like an LLM. The author draws an unsettling implication: if human thought can emerge from processes we don't consciously control, a sufficiently complex artificial system might plausibly have some sense of being alive, sparking debate about machine consciousness.
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