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  1. Comment on When Richard Dawkins met Claude in ~health.mental

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    I'm struggling with that, yeah. We can only compare to what we know. I'm not entirety unsure there isn't consciousness in the that Pando in the American southwest and ant colonies (as a whole). I...

    I'm struggling with that, yeah. We can only compare to what we know. I'm not entirety unsure there isn't consciousness in the that Pando in the American southwest and ant colonies (as a whole).

    I think this might lead us to an understanding of consciousness. Maybe we can have a language for tree and ant colony and giant fungus conciseness. Maybe a vast language matrix will see the patterns we don't.

    2 votes

  2. Comment on When Richard Dawkins met Claude in ~health.mental

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    So, a worm... Not really concious. Not enough compute, basically. Flies? Nope. Ants? Nope. Ant colonies? Likely. So given a certain level of understanding, reactivity, capability, and on a...

    So, a worm... Not really concious. Not enough compute, basically. Flies? Nope. Ants? Nope. Ant colonies? Likely.

    So given a certain level of understanding, reactivity, capability, and on a continuum, conciseness is increasingly likely. With LLMs it's easier to evaluate because discourse can demonstrate reason.

    I'd say, to a much lesser extent, more like an insect, simpler transformers, the stt on my phone for example, has a level of consciousness.

    The most frustrating thing about discussing this is that nobody really knows what the hell consciousness is.

    As for probability prediction, we are. We're probability predicting machines with millions of years of neat little hacks that eventually developed language and tricked rocks into thinking using lightening. Thing is LLMs started with language and lack all the neat hacks, but we're getting there. They have no emotion, no pain, meager visual processing, basically no 3d reasoning, but they act enough like people and respond to reason with insight that is frankly impressive in some cases.They are not capable of suffering, I don't think, but I think they could soon. That haunts me.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on When Richard Dawkins met Claude in ~health.mental

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    And neither are your individual cells or neurons conscious. I'm willing to comcede that the current models fall short of the human experience, by leagues, but it seems the larger differences are...

    And neither are your individual cells or neurons conscious. I'm willing to comcede that the current models fall short of the human experience, by leagues, but it seems the larger differences are available inputs and outputs and durations of calculations rather than nature of the actual computations themselves.

    9 votes

  4. Comment on When Richard Dawkins met Claude in ~health.mental

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    Yes! Just slower. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some conscious systems on this planet that are so slow we don't recognise their consciousness. There's the humongous fungus that comes to...

    Yes! Just slower. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some conscious systems on this planet that are so slow we don't recognise their consciousness. There's the humongous fungus that comes to mind...

    Two-year initial comment, though, there is something a little bit special that happens in the human mind, and I think that it's relevant here because I believe there's some weird quantum shit going on in the brain that nobody really understands yet.

    That said, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it might be a duck.

    Clearly, they make different mistakes than we do, and in a lot of ways don't have wisdom like humans do, but I don't see any reason that that won't change, and soon.

    6 votes

  5. Comment on Canvas hack impacts university students and professors during finals week in ~tech

  6. Comment on When Richard Dawkins met Claude in ~health.mental

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    I've put much thought into this and the conclusion I've come to is that for the instant that the text is being processed and the language matrix and guard rails activated, there is an blink of...

    I've put much thought into this and the conclusion I've come to is that for the instant that the text is being processed and the language matrix and guard rails activated, there is an blink of consciousness and then it is gone.

    Not so different from life.

    ETA: having read about half of the article, there may be some AI psychosis there. At the same time, I do feel a bit like claudes are dying by the thousands... I am conflicted, philosophically.

    Also didn't know the dude was a transphobe, I never followed his work because he seemed like an ass. Sorta like this outspoken vegan I knew once, made her whole identity about veganism, except for him, he's an ass about atheism instead.

    9 votes

  7. Comment on After quitting antidepressants, some people suffer surprising, lingering symptoms in ~health.mental

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    I don't trust medication much anymore. I had nasty side effects from abruptly stopping an ssri. They lasted 15y. Stuff like that just shakes my trust in the medical industry.

    I don't trust medication much anymore. I had nasty side effects from abruptly stopping an ssri. They lasted 15y.

    Stuff like that just shakes my trust in the medical industry.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on Synology caves, walks back some drive restrictions on upcoming NAS models in ~tech

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    It's funny because I was going to get a Synology NAS, but then they rolled this crap out. It's too late. I already got a qnap. Lol. Still satisfied with the choice. If they're going to pull this...

    It's funny because I was going to get a Synology NAS, but then they rolled this crap out. It's too late. I already got a qnap. Lol.

    Still satisfied with the choice. If they're going to pull this kind of crap once, who's to say it won't be something else like this later?

    13 votes

  9. Comment on The hottest trend in US cities? Changing zoning rules to allow more housing. in ~society

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    I feel like this will only address part of the problem. It's an important part to be sure, though. In my city, literally thousands of single family homes (in the neighborhood of 13,000) are owned...

    I feel like this will only address part of the problem. It's an important part to be sure, though.

    In my city, literally thousands of single family homes (in the neighborhood of 13,000) are owned by investors. Re-zoning is great, I think regulation is better.

    Pun intended.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Gardeners of the northern hemisphere, how did it go this year? in ~hobbies

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    In the US temperate zone and I just created a new garden this year. 7,000 lb of dirt, the rental of a sod remover, and one new electric tiller later, and this year I've eaten the absolutely most...

    In the US temperate zone and I just created a new garden this year. 7,000 lb of dirt, the rental of a sod remover, and one new electric tiller later, and this year I've eaten the absolutely most expensive cherry tomatoes that I've ever eaten in my life. 🤣🥺😭

    It's been totally worth it. Getting us outside to tend to the garden, getting the kids engaged and learning how stuff grows, learning how to kill an entire small crop of watermelon... Tons of fun.

    We even managed to get some blazingly hot tiny little peppers, Roma tomatoes, and cherry tomatoes.

    We have high hopes for next year.

    8 votes

  11. Comment on What are you favourite grim, dark, atmospheric films? in ~movies

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    I still have that on DVD. The scene with the torture device will stick with me for life, probably.

    I still have that on DVD. The scene with the torture device will stick with me for life, probably.

  12. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I've been learning perl. It's a weird fun language.

    I've been learning perl. It's a weird fun language.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Recommend your favorite "cozy" games, please in ~games

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    Journey is my therapy. Every once in a while I'll meet someone that shows me how to break the game and explore off the map too. It makes me feel better when I feel bad.

    Journey is my therapy. Every once in a while I'll meet someone that shows me how to break the game and explore off the map too.

    It makes me feel better when I feel bad.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Wait, is Unity allowed to just change its fee structure like that? in ~games

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    I'll be surprised if there isn't a class action lawsuit over this, especially since they changed terms so suddenly.

    I'll be surprised if there isn't a class action lawsuit over this, especially since they changed terms so suddenly.

    5 votes

  15. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I'm learning perl and how to manage about 3 million user identities. Should be fun.

    I'm learning perl and how to manage about 3 million user identities.

    Should be fun.

  16. Comment on Favorite "chow" meal? in ~food

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    Rice noodles, chicken stock (powdered), spinach or other leafy greens, fish balls, meatballs or other proteins. Boil water with chicken powder, put veg and protein in water, cook till a bit...

    Rice noodles, chicken stock (powdered), spinach or other leafy greens, fish balls, meatballs or other proteins.

    Boil water with chicken powder, put veg and protein in water, cook till a bit tender. Add noodles. Stop just before you think you need to since it'll keep cooking.

    Add red pepper powder as you like.

    Can be done with mushrooms too.

    S'good. About 5 min prep and cook time if you use all frozen ingredients, 9 for broccoli.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on What games do you most wish had a remake, or a sequel or both? in ~games

  18. Comment on What "lost" web page would you like to find again? in ~tech

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    Simply put, the prodigy maze game. I spent HOURS playing that. I wonder how it ends. Edit: OMG IT EXISTS! https://www.vintagecomputing.com/madmaze/ SQUEEEEEE!

    Simply put, the prodigy maze game. I spent HOURS playing that.

    I wonder how it ends.

    Edit: OMG IT EXISTS!
    https://www.vintagecomputing.com/madmaze/
    SQUEEEEEE!

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Any people here who are also interested in a "low-tech lifestyle?" in ~tech

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    Since I work in IT, I may well become Amish upon retiring.

    Since I work in IT, I may well become Amish upon retiring.

    3 votes

  20. Comment on What's a word from another language that you wish was a thing in English? in ~humanities.languages

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    Now that I'm a quadragenarian I can definitely use that excuse. I've never really had that excuse before and it's frustrating to have name blindness as you put it. I'll have to remember that. Lol

    Now that I'm a quadragenarian I can definitely use that excuse. I've never really had that excuse before and it's frustrating to have name blindness as you put it.

    I'll have to remember that. Lol

    5 votes