Awareness of oneself as a distinct entity from the rest of the world.
Technically speaking, sentience is kind of a mistake. Thinking of ourselves as individuals is very useful, but the boundaries of such are artificial and can lead to a “me vs them” mentality and selfish behaviour. I suspect that the next big cognitive leap forward will be discarding sentience. Doing so may be a prerequisite to forming an advanced society.
what proof do we have that llms are truly self aware and not merely returning text that mimics the self awareness of the humans who made the materials they were trained on?
define sentience
Awareness of oneself as a distinct entity from the rest of the world.
Technically speaking, sentience is kind of a mistake. Thinking of ourselves as individuals is very useful, but the boundaries of such are artificial and can lead to a “me vs them” mentality and selfish behaviour. I suspect that the next big cognitive leap forward will be discarding sentience. Doing so may be a prerequisite to forming an advanced society.
what proof do we have that llms are truly self aware and not merely returning text that mimics the self awareness of the humans who made the materials they were trained on?