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“Suppose you have a model that assigns itself a 72 percent chance of being conscious,” Douthat began. “Would you believe it?”

Amodei called it a “really hard” question to answer, but hesitated to give a yes or no answer.

Be nice to the stochastic parrots, folks.

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[-] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 10 points 13 hours ago

I'm 70% sure my body pillow is conscious so I probably don't need to worry about this question.

[-] CarmineCatboy2@hexbear.net 7 points 13 hours ago

you must defeat it in gladiatorial combat as part of an anthropocentric argument

[-] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 8 points 12 hours ago

That's pretty much what I do with it every night already.

[-] CarmineCatboy2@hexbear.net 4 points 12 hours ago

365.25 victories a year is a good track record

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