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Purplekeyboard t1_je8m61n wrote

Reply to comment by currentscurrents in [R] The Debate Over Understanding in AI’s Large Language Models by currentscurrents

> LLMs likely have a type of understanding, and humans have a different type of understanding.

Yes, this is more of a philosophy debate than anything else, hinging on the definition of the word "understanding". LLMs clearly have a type of understanding, but as they aren't conscious it is a different type than ours. Much as a chess program has a functional understanding of chess, but isn't aware and doesn't know that it is playing chess.

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dampflokfreund t1_je8zlkp wrote

We don't have a proper definition of consciousness nor a way to test it either, by the way.

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TitusPullo4 t1_je959tq wrote

Consciousness is having a subjective experience. It is well defined. Though we do lack ways to test for it.

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trashacount12345 t1_jeddoei wrote

This is the agreed upon definition in philosophy. I’m not sure what another definition would be besides “it’s not real”.

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ninjasaid13 t1_jeh2s4o wrote

>Consciousness is having a subjective experience.

and what's the definition of subjective?

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Amster2 t1_je9h981 wrote

Im not sure they arent conscious. They can clearly reference themselves, and seem to undeestand they are a LLM with information cutoof in 21, etc.

He behaves like he is self conscious. How can we determine if they really are or not?

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