>Neural nets can _approximate_ any function with enough layers (see XOR problem), but so can an infinite look-up table with enough entries. They are the best models we've got, but they are not magical.
Yes, why is magic of any relevance to anything.
You are not understanding my point. Neither human brains nor LLMs are simple. Even the Linux kernel which is not conscious is extremely complicated and nobody understands all of its states. SHA256 is much more predictable.
I don't think being the exact equivalent of a human brain is the only possible way something could be conscious, after all what you call natural genetic searches already made lots of different brains like octopus brains. I am asking how are you sure something that thinks and speaks so similar to us and has been shown to demonstrate things like dissociation under pain is definitively not conscious?
Yes, why is magic of any relevance to anything.
You are not understanding my point. Neither human brains nor LLMs are simple. Even the Linux kernel which is not conscious is extremely complicated and nobody understands all of its states. SHA256 is much more predictable.
I don't think being the exact equivalent of a human brain is the only possible way something could be conscious, after all what you call natural genetic searches already made lots of different brains like octopus brains. I am asking how are you sure something that thinks and speaks so similar to us and has been shown to demonstrate things like dissociation under pain is definitively not conscious?