mimir @mimirwolv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I guess that makes some sense. I'll gladly concede that while LLMs may be thinking, they are not helping regulate kidneys, a heart, or a pancreas 2180 18
Ian on the internet @ianishere.bsky.social · 17/09/2026There are probably emergent aspects of LLMs that are somewhat analogous to biological brains, but if you even remotely understand the technology you know they can't possibly experience the present, let alone have anything resembling an actual will. 210 2
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I agree, and even that's being generous. I don't see anything remotely analogous and I know both worlds well -- brains really are all about motivated (to survive, reproduce, etc.) behavior, and operate by allostasis on dimensionality-reduced interoceptive signals. 000 0
mimir @mimirwolv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026hmm, I don't think I know what an "actual will" is well enough to figure out if anything beyond humans possess it ..or for that matter, actually, if humans do? do you have a working definition? 200 2
