4min chapter

The Gradient: Perspectives on AI cover image

Raphaël Millière: The Vector Grounding Problem and Self-Consciousness

The Gradient: Perspectives on AI

CHAPTER

The Impossibility of Consciousness in Language Models

I side with people who say it is widely implausible that current systems have conscious experience at all. If you look at current candidate scientific theories of consciousness, there are a few that are taken seriously by researchers in cognitive science and philosophy. The do generally agree on some features that at least in biological organisms,. like humans and non-human animals that are plausibly deemed conscious or have described the capacity for conscious experience.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode