106 - Why GPT and other LLMs (probably) aren't sentient

In this episode, I chat to Robert Long about AI sentience. Robert is a philosopher that works on issues related to the philosopy of mind, cognitive science and AI ethics. He is currently a philosophy fellow at the Centre for AI Safety in San Francisco. He completed his PhD at New York University. We do a deep dive on the concept of sentience, why it is important, and how we can tell whether an animal or AI is sentient. We also discuss whether it is worth taking the topic of AI sentience seriously. You can download the episode here or listen below. You can also

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106 - Why GPT and other LLMs (probably) aren't sentient is an episode from Philosophical Disquisitions by John Danaher.

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This episode was published on Apr 11, 2023.

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