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#146 – Robert Long on why large language models like GPT (probably) aren't conscious

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The Global Workspace Theory

The global workspace theory makes sense to me. And how do you use that theory to think about whether something like an AI system is conscious? Right. So an easy case would be if you found something that straightforwardly looks like it has. Oh, and we're going to come up with processes that seem relevant to consciousness or like that they can end. Or give rise to or are correlated with.

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