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  • Well no one can prove they have a mind to anyone other than themselves.

    And to extend that, there’s obviously a way for electrical information processing to give rise to consciousness. And no one knows how that could be possible.

    Meaning something like a true, alien AI would probably conclude that we are not conscious and instead are just very intelligent meat computers.

    So, while there’s no reason to believe that current AI models could result in consciousness, no one can prove the opposite either.

    I think the argument currently boils down to, “we understand how AI models work, but we don’t understand how our minds work. Therefore, ???, and so no consciousness for AI”










  • It can generate simple stuff accurately quite often. You just have to keep in mind that it could be dead wrong and you have to test/verify what it says.

    Sonetimes I feel like a few lines of code should be doable in one line using a specific technique, so I ask it to do that and see what it does. I don’t just take what it says and use it, I see how it tried to solve it and then check it. For example by looking up if the method it used exists and reading the doc for that method.

    Exact same as what I would do if I saw someone on stack overflow or reddit recommending something.








  • People keep bringing up real estate because everyone thinks the rich are evil and this move must be money related somehow.

    Now, I too think they’re pretty rotten for the most part.

    But returning to office is not about real estate.

    Companies are ruthless and if they can increase profits at all, they will do pretty much anything to do so. Firing long-time workers, destroying the planet, etc. So if they had to destroy the real estate market to make more money, they would.

    My point here is that if it was just about money, everyone would remain WFH. They could downsize the office, or even lease out the space to the companies that are returning to the office.

    So then why are they doing it? It’s their preference. They prefer having their underlings in the building and enjoy seeing everyone from their corner office. They like feeling powerful which is harder to do when everyone who works for them is at home.

    They might also have the kind of personality where they get more work done with others around, and they can’t imagine it being different for other people. Many high-up executives only got that far because they have very extroverted personalities.

    Not everything a rich person does is strictly about money. Otherwise they wouldn’t buy mansions, supercars, private planes, etc. Apple wouldn’t have built the billion dollar donut office. They do these things because they’re powerful and want others to know.