You know what? I was so out of brain this morning I stared at that for a whole minute wondering if it was right. I write for work every goddamn day and I was like “WTF… how did I forget this. I use these words EVERY DAY.” I knew until I thought about it.
I almost looked it up but then was like… no, 50/50 shot and everyone will know what I mean. No one will point it out.
The title is accurate, but the article doesn’t really provide explanations beyond personal anecdotes. The few quotes and concepts are gestured to, rather than used to build an argument.
The comparison to greenhouse gas warnings came out of left field since they didn’t bring up any direct relationship between the two subjects.
It reads like they expect readers to agree with them.
Any argument about AI and consciousness should point out the difference between “true” AI and the LLMs we’re calling AI, and how they work.
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/15/how-ai-large-language-models-work-explained-without-math/
Here’s more information on AI and consciousness:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9582153/