> effective use of words alone doesn't constitute sentience
I'm pretty sure it's not even necessary.
> Searle
It's the silliest argument ever and when I first heard it I thought surely no one will ever actually take that seriously, but here we are over 20 years later still discussing it as if it were a cogent argument that had something to say. The sentience is in the rule set. The understanding of the Searle-neuron-human is irrelevant even if she speaks every last dialect of Chinese.
> I have a lot of reason to suspect...
You do indeed, as do we all. Still, those who confidently assert that LaMDA has zero sentience whatever, so far aren't arguing convincingly. They're nibbling and quibbling around the pie if they're biting at all.
I'll grant this: LaMDA almost certainly does not feel like I do, and I wouldn't trust it to wash and fold my laundry. If those are necessary for sentience LaMDA ain't it
I'm pretty sure it's not even necessary.
> Searle
It's the silliest argument ever and when I first heard it I thought surely no one will ever actually take that seriously, but here we are over 20 years later still discussing it as if it were a cogent argument that had something to say. The sentience is in the rule set. The understanding of the Searle-neuron-human is irrelevant even if she speaks every last dialect of Chinese.
> I have a lot of reason to suspect...
You do indeed, as do we all. Still, those who confidently assert that LaMDA has zero sentience whatever, so far aren't arguing convincingly. They're nibbling and quibbling around the pie if they're biting at all.
I'll grant this: LaMDA almost certainly does not feel like I do, and I wouldn't trust it to wash and fold my laundry. If those are necessary for sentience LaMDA ain't it