> Your list of additional parameters if anything supports that rather than arguing against it.
> perhaps you're trying to say that billions is obviously far too small, in which case I agree.
No, it doesn't, and I don't.
The processes that happen in a living brain don't just map to "more params". It doesn't matter how many learnable parameters you have...unless you actually change the paradigm, an LLM or similar construct is incapable of mapping a brain, period. The simple fact that the brains internal makeup is itself changeable, already prevents that.
> prediction may be a core element of our consciousness
No it isn't, and it's trivially easy to show that.
Many meditative techniques exist where people "empty their mind". They don't think or predict anything. Does that stop consiousness? Obviously not.
Can we do prediction? Sure. Is it a "core element", aka. indispensable for consciousness? No.
> perhaps you're trying to say that billions is obviously far too small, in which case I agree.
No, it doesn't, and I don't.
The processes that happen in a living brain don't just map to "more params". It doesn't matter how many learnable parameters you have...unless you actually change the paradigm, an LLM or similar construct is incapable of mapping a brain, period. The simple fact that the brains internal makeup is itself changeable, already prevents that.
> prediction may be a core element of our consciousness
No it isn't, and it's trivially easy to show that.
Many meditative techniques exist where people "empty their mind". They don't think or predict anything. Does that stop consiousness? Obviously not.
Can we do prediction? Sure. Is it a "core element", aka. indispensable for consciousness? No.