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LudwigPastorius

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4. Due to the hype around Large Language Models,...

Reply to AZJonnie (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:00 AM

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a lot of people conflate them with the entirety of artificial intelligence, but there is a lot more to it than that.

Also, I get a kick out of people who unequivocally state that AI can never be conscious...as if we understand what our own consciousness is and what structure it arises from.

It has become obvious to me that there will be no slowing of AI research. There are too many governments, companies, and power-hungry billionaires competing in the race toward AGI and ASI to prevent catastrophe.

When I think about what's coming, I am glad of my age (for the first time). That I am not likely to live beyond the next 10 to 20 years seems like a blessing.

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As someone who must use AI daily for coding for work, when people try to convince me that AI can't "think"? [View all] AZJonnie Monday OP

Thank you for sharing your experience. Drum Monday #1

Im sorry, Dave ... msongs Yesterday #2

I have had similar experiences with AI Disaffected Yesterday #3

Due to the hype around Large Language Models,... LudwigPastorius Yesterday #4

AI is the devil. Scrivener7 Yesterday #5

Posts like these tell me as much about what people think about thinking as they do about AI. WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #6

Code for the queries and converting data into graphs and getting the graphs on the page showing how I want it to AZJonnie Yesterday #9

Yes, if you cherry-pick responses, you can convince yourself genAI models are actually thinking. Especially highplainsdem Yesterday #7

I used to see this all the time, but with the latest models of Claude and Gemini AZJonnie Yesterday #11

Oh my! Exemplifying the horrors of Imitation Intelligence in defense of it. hunter Yesterday #8

AI does not "think." Sorry. The structure of it is composed of "neurons," but it does not think logically. Oneironaut Yesterday #10

The bright side could be pretty bright gulliver Yesterday #12