For what it's worth, this happens every time there is a new technological innovation. Are human brains hydraulic systems? Are humans just a computer? Are they an LLM?
replyThese technologies give some insight, but the answer is always not really. It would be good if we studied actual human brains in some detail if we want to know these answers.
> The wheel is invented
reply> "Life is just a turn on the great karmic wheel..."
> Writing is invented
> "In the beginning was the word..."
> The industrial age begins
> "God is a clockmaker..."
> Computers are invented
You know the rest
They aren't. However there is a coordinated effort to push this pseudo-philosophy on masses. On the one hand it degrades the idea of human consciousness or soul, calling it a fiction. On the other hand it props the AI, calling its pile of transistors almost brain-like.
reply> it degrades the idea of human consciousness or soul, calling it a fiction
replyI guess they usually mean that is fiction the part of the story where is said that it is separated from the brain
It kind of needs to be separate, otherwise it is just consciousness.
replyWho is coordinating this effort?
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replyEvery day we demonstrate what a cultural lack of liberal arts does to people.
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