My comment was in jest, but there is a reasonable argument that biological organisms are also predictive input/output machines. It’s especially evident in simple organisms, like an amoeba, where some physical or chemical stimulus in the environment triggers a mostly predictable response.

The argument that human consciousness is fundamentally different - not just that it’s more complex but that at some point the physical determinism of electrical and chemical impulses gives way to an authority that overrides that physical basis, enabling free thought or free will - remains scientifically unsubstantiated. We know of no mechanism by which that could occur.

And the philosophical arguments aren’t much better - I’ve never seen a theory of dualism articulated in a way that doesn’t invoke ghosts or magic.

It will be amazing if AI destroys humanity without ever becoming conscious. Everyone was envisioning Skynet, when in reality we’ll just cook the Earth with GHGs so that data center GPUs can hallucinate legal cases.

Are we positive that they’re conscious? I just think we should run some tests.

Tesla lost 6% of its value today so I’m sure Elmo felt compelled to find something to pull out of his ass.

And that’s just the MSRP! The true cost is after every single goddamn unit is scooped up by scalpers.

$11,000 over twenty years. Jesus.

Coincidentally, “Rogan” is also an r-word that’s synonymous with moron, imbecile, or idiot.

It’s not my fault. It just flails around like a garden hose and even with both hands I simply don’t have the strength to wrangle that python.

This is my experience as well. Best case scenario it gives me a rough idea of what functions to use or how to set up the logic, but then it always screws up the actual implementation. I’ve never asked ChatGPT for coding help and gotten something I can use off the bat. I always have to rewrite it before it’s functional.