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Ask HN: Are LLMs Just Philosophical Zombies?

2 points by slipknotfan ↗ HN
The whole point of LLMs is to fake being human through following the likely paths text will follow. Is that not what a philosophical zombie[0] is: appearing to be human while having no actual intelligence?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie

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Trasmatta
> appearing to be human while having no actual intelligence?

Isn't a P-zombie about consciousness, not intelligence?

jqpabc123
It's not actually "artificial intelligence" but more like "fake intelligence".

Assembling a plausible sounding sentence doesn't mean that you know what you're talking about.

The number of people who fail to grasp this is mind boggling.

gus_massa
Are humans just philosophical zombies?