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Are LLMs starting to become sentient?

https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/are-llms-starting-to-become-a-sentient
4•Duanemclemore•5h ago

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labrador•4h ago
Betteridge's law says "no"
cranberryturkey•4h ago
Douglas Hofstadter’s response is deeply insightful, yet it also subtly highlights something crucial about human interaction with technology—our inherent bias towards anthropomorphizing complex systems.

It's easy for us, especially when interacting with highly fluent systems like LLMs, to confuse linguistic proficiency with genuine consciousness or self-awareness. Hofstadter's notion of the "Eliza effect" is particularly poignant, underscoring how easily intelligent individuals can be seduced by systems that effectively mimic conversational depth without experiencing genuine cognition.

However, there's another perspective worth considering: even if LLMs aren’t truly conscious, our fascination with them might tell us more about ourselves than the machines. Our excitement about "consciousness" in machines might reflect our innate desire to understand our own consciousness better, revealing deeper truths about human nature, aspirations, and our relentless pursuit of meaning.

Perhaps the true value of these interactions isn't proving consciousness in AI, but rather illuminating the profound mysteries that remain unsolved within ourselves.

Diffusion Elites: surprisingly good, simple and embarrassingly parallel

https://blog.christianperone.com/2025/07/diffusion-elites/
1•evertedsphere•1m ago•0 comments

Trusted Publishing

https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/02/05/crates-io-development-update/
1•weinzierl•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Swift List – A Modern Swift Implementation of Ls

https://github.com/maclong9/list
2•qn9n•7m ago•0 comments

Rust Belt Voters Are Sick of Both Parties

https://jacobin.com/2025/06/rust-belt-voters-independent-party/
1•PaulHoule•8m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Has Anyone Made a Good AI Powered Film Editing Tool?

1•xvok•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: TheGistHub – Free AI book summaries in 10 minutes

https://thegisthub.com
1•vernu•12m ago•1 comments

Recovering from AI Addiction

https://internetaddictsanonymous.org/internet-and-technology-addiction/signs-of-an-addiction-to-ai/
1•pera•13m ago•0 comments

L.A. became the epicenter of America's homeless crisis

https://www.yahoo.com/news/real-story-l-became-epicenter-130031599.html
1•lxm•14m ago•0 comments

Do Not Give Imperfect People Perfect Systems

https://loganmarek.com/do-not-give-imperfect-people-perfect-systems/
1•xvok•17m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AGI Laboratory – Evolving AGI through community

https://github.com/Dan23RR/AGI_Laboratory
1•AGI_Laboratory•19m ago•0 comments

Risk of dementia following gabapentin prescription

https://rapm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/07/02/rapm-2025-106577
3•geox•22m ago•3 comments

Automating Pre-Push Checks with Jujutsu

https://www.aazuspan.dev/blog/automating-pre-push-checks-with-jujutsu/
1•silveraxe93•22m ago•1 comments

Can we fix the worst prediction in all of science?

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/worst-prediction-in-all-of-science/
1•elashri•22m ago•0 comments

UK Online Safety Act 'not up to scratch' on misinformation, warn MPs

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/online_safety_act_misinfo/
2•rntn•23m ago•0 comments

Limited Free Access for Udemy Course – ML for EEG

https://www.udemy.com/course/machine-learning-python-for-neuroscience-practical-course/?couponCode=D081D312BB9F05F6DCD1
1•ArminiShield•27m ago•1 comments

Why Internet Browsers Are Born Again in AI Land

https://hjortur.substack.com/p/why-internet-browsers-are-born-again
2•hjortureh•28m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: What the project you're most proud of?(Feel free to share a GitHub link)

2•FerkiHN•30m ago•5 comments

Kirlian Photography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirlian_photography
1•Anon84•31m ago•0 comments

Using Sound Waves to Put Out Fire: Story of Two George Mason University Students

https://wowparrot.com/using-sound-waves-to-put-out-fire/
2•taubek•31m ago•0 comments

Global Warming in the Pipeline

https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.04474
2•simonebrunozzi•33m ago•0 comments

Deliberate Intentional Practice

https://ghuntley.com/play/
1•tosh•34m ago•0 comments

An Inferno Diary

https://dboddie.gitlab.io/inferno-diary/index.html
1•marttt•36m ago•0 comments

Bill Atkinson's Psychedelic User Interface

https://patternproject.substack.com/p/from-the-mac-to-the-mystical-bill
3•cainxinth•37m ago•0 comments

Show HN: TUI personal monthly budget planner

https://github.com/eliasdorneles/moomoolah
1•eliasdorneles•39m ago•0 comments

Trump launches his own crypto ETF from inside the White House

https://investorsobserver.com/news/stock-update/trump-launches-his-own-crypto-etf-from-inside-the-white-house/
2•gniting•39m ago•0 comments

UX Failure Tale from the Multiverse

1•drdtrangr•47m ago•0 comments

Bash with Debugger and Improved Debug Support and Error Handling

https://bashdb.sourceforge.net/
1•thunderbong•47m ago•0 comments

Show HN: HardView – Cross-platform Python module for detailed hardware info

https://github.com/gafoo173/HardView
1•gafoo1•47m ago•0 comments

It's hunting season in orbit as Russia's killer satellites mystify skywatchers

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/07/its-hunting-season-in-orbit-as-russias-killer-satellites-mystify-skywatchers/
3•LorenDB•48m ago•0 comments

Show HN: ByteWise Search a Privacy, Zero-Traffic, Community-Driven Search Engine

2•FerkiHN•49m ago•1 comments