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Strongly regional, sometimes even as isolated as specific neighborhoods.

Hmm… are you removing out conscious from the universe? I mean to say, isn’t everything defined and limited to the laws of physics, quantum, Newtonian, or otherwise?

I am not saying that ChatGPT or the current generation of LLMs is conscious. I am simply taking the position that when we can no longer tell if something is conscious or not, should we not then consider that thing as being conscious?

Protective, comfy, and basically necessary?

Agreed, particularly on a social media platform limited to a few hundred characters, to be sure. But it is a good thing to ponder, I think.

Also, the idea simply made me think. There is prolly a shit ton of confirmation bias with that study, and I would love to see the criteria and someone else confirm the findings, but the idea is novel.

I was speaking in the much more expansive sense. Do you think our consciousness derives from some transcendental place, or is it a function of the laws of nature, chemistry, biology, etc? If the latter, then can you define, purely subjectively, obv, when you think something is conscious?

The only organization that has merited my membership renewal every year.

Why so aggressive?

I am literally sitting in the woods right now.

Are we so filled with hubris that we believe only our reality gets to define consciousness and life? Is it possible for an AI, then, to ever deserve rights or consideration as a conscious entity?

respond like they experience emotion and empathy. Are those people not conscious or fully human? If an LLM can mimic human emotion and empathy, is it not possible to argue that it has the some level of consciousness?

I don't understand. If our consciousness is a function of the laws of physics and some quantum randomness, why would we deny the possibility that an AI like GPT is not exhibiting some form of consciousness? People with severe emotional challenges often lack full empathy, but they can learn to

But why? Understanding that GPT does not yet have autonomy and 'consciousness', why, of something appears to be conscious, has the aspects of empathy, could we not consider it conscious? Are you implying that AI will never have true consciousness? Or is it a case of 'not yet'?

But why? Understanding that GPT does not yet have autonomy and 'consciousness', why, of something appears to be conscious, has the aspects of empathy, could we not consider it conscious? Are you implying that AI will never have true consciousness? Or is it a case of 'not yet'?

‘Aight. I’ve done my Joplin working music list, I’ve done delta blues; now what?

Homemade 8” base moulding, Janis Joplin, and big windows in a cold sunny afternoon. There are worse ways to spend an afternoon.

For the old timers out there; the last of my stash:

Sunlight = Best Disinfectant

It is great to hurt everyone else, but don’t hurt me!
There is a parallel in there somewhere…

what happens if I choose to delay them by a brief period of time, say 90 or 120 days? What are the consequences if I purchase a mutual fund for that 120 days, or just leave them in the bank for that 120 days? Sure, most of them are paid already, but every year there are a few thousand dollars.....

Laws are written upon paper, with ink. They cannot do anything more than a firearm is able to pick itself up and fire a round. It is the consequences of applying the potential that are of concern. Since my taxes are no longer going to the programs I support at all...

The question becomes then, how do we frame the conversation to show those people that politics do matter, directly, in every way impacting their lives. Bernie showed us, but he was cast aside by the DNC. How do WE bring this conversation to them?

It wasn't that more votes went to the felon, it is that many fewer people voted for Harris.
2020: Biden 81M felon 74M
2024: Harris: 74M felon 76M
While the felon did get 2M more, that is inconsequential to the drop in votes for Harris, 8M less than Biden.

Wait, like Huey Newton and the news? Nice!

‘You must obey the law!’
No.
All ruling bodies are utterly dependent on the submission and complicity of their populace, from North Korea to Norway. Stop paying taxes on time, reshelve things in the wrong place, stay below the speed limit, use cash everywhere, any rule you can break, do so.

REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!

The top health care companies in America spent 95% of their profits to make their CEOs & stockholders obscenely rich.

How many Americans would be alive today if those companies spent $2.6 trillion on disease prevention and primary care, instead of stock buybacks and dividends?