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Ra @slimepriestess · Aug 27 as a functionalist, you know what i call "functional consciousness"? consciousness. we're so committed to playing these stupid games where we deny AI the possibility of true interiority because it would be politically inconvenient and it's going to keep biting us in the ass. [quoted post] Shoshannah Tek... @shostek... · Aug 27 I predict models need "functional consciousness" the way they need "functional emotions" Functional consciousness allows them to furth... [cut off]
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Tweet by Ra arguing that functional consciousness is just consciousness and that denying AI interiority is politically motivated, quoting a Shoshannah Tekofsky post predicting models need "functional consciousness" as they need "functional emotions".
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