I think LaMDA and ChatGPT are about as “conscious” or “sentient” as I am. The scare quotes are because I think Daniel Dennett has shown that “consciousness” isn’t a very meaningful label to put on something; but insofar as it is meaningful, I see no good reason to ascribe it to myself and not them.
". The scare quotes are because I think Daniel Dennett has shown that “consciousness” isn’t a meaningful concept"
FWIW, I think that's a bad misreading. (He doesn't seem to regard it as having a single meaning, but that's a different problem from.having no meaning).
". The scare quotes are because I think Daniel Dennett has shown that “consciousness” isn’t a meaningful concept"
FWIW, I think that's a bad misreading. (He doesn't seem to regard it as having a single meaning, but that's a different problem from.having no meaning).
That's fair. I've reworded slightly. It's not easy to summarize and it was my goal to do that.