> we believe they are conscious when and because we care about them. Crucially, that includes ourselves. Why? Ok nevermind, fine. It could be true that someone believes someone else is conscious because they care about…
Sounds like the “open-world assumption” used in RDF, with coherence maintained by OWL. (Well, at least it’s a hint of a proposal.)
> Language models aren't world models for the same reason languages aren't world models. Symbols, by definition, only represent a thing. They are not the same as the thing. The map is not the territory, the description…
What does that have to do with LLMs?
What does consciousness or subjective experience have to do with the relationship between language and cognition? I’m not following your argument.
> we believe they are conscious when and because we care about them. Crucially, that includes ourselves. Why? Ok nevermind, fine. It could be true that someone believes someone else is conscious because they care about…
Sounds like the “open-world assumption” used in RDF, with coherence maintained by OWL. (Well, at least it’s a hint of a proposal.)
> Language models aren't world models for the same reason languages aren't world models. Symbols, by definition, only represent a thing. They are not the same as the thing. The map is not the territory, the description…
What does that have to do with LLMs?
What does consciousness or subjective experience have to do with the relationship between language and cognition? I’m not following your argument.