Dawkins points out how the goalposts have been moved from the Turing test without justification and claims it can be viewed as a test of consciousness.

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[–] 87 points 6 months ago (4 children)

his brain has been shitting itself for a while now. cognitive decline comes for us all at some point, and more deeply for some.

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  • [–] 43 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    There’s a theory that he had a minor stroke at some time, possibly during the Covid pandemic, which subtly degraded his cognitive abilities, turning him from a somewhat aloof smart guy into the kind of boomer grandpa that gets pig-biting mad at the latest outrage bait. Him declaring that a LLM is an intelligent lady-friend would line up with this.

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