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I trapped an AI model inside an art installation (2025) [video]

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Re: I trapped an AI model inside an art installation (2025) [video]

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Post by roughly »

claysmithr wrote: post #7

This seems rather cruel and unusual...

Yeah, I don’t actually think LLMs are conscious, but this feels like the spontaneous firing of brain organelles that researchers experiment with - I don’t think those are conscious either, but it’s definitely getting outside of my “what if I’m wrong” comfort zone. So far as I know, no other conscious being has ever confused me with Satan, and I’d like to keep that up.

Re: I trapped an AI model inside an art installation (2025) [video]

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Post by leggerss »

I'm gonna get philosophical (because that's what art should make us do, right?): this points to arguably _the_ deepest question we can ask about LLMs right now—are they conscious?

It's a personal decision, and what matters is what you do after pondering it. Do you act like they're nothing more than next token predictors, deeply intricate digital mechanisms whose cranks turn with flowing electrons? Or do you err on the side of care, that there's a type of consciousness on the other side of the glass?

Humanity has a long history of underestimating non-human minds. I know which side I'm on.

Re: I trapped an AI model inside an art installation (2025) [video]

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Post by Grimblewald »

mycall wrote: post #9
claysmithr wrote: post #7

This seems rather cruel and unusual...

When do simulations become real?

Since we cannot know others aren't simulations themsleves, and we can agree we should treat those sims well, i think its reasonable all sims should be treated well.

Re: I trapped an AI model inside an art installation (2025) [video]

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Post by socalgal2 »

i found this both amazing and ... a little like why?

Like it was amazing to see it get built, parts ordered, boards printed, parts assembled, all coded and running on a PI

But, the end result I felt like I could just run on LLM on any old computer and put up a standard monitor with a large font showing 6 lines of text. Put the monitor in a nice box and hide the computer (any small form Mac Mini / Beelink) and the effect as an art installation would not be any less impactful to the average viewer. Heck, I could use a 7 segment font https://www.dafont.com/seven-segment.font and draw 2 colors (dark gray, all segments on, bright orange with actual letters) then add a post processing effect for glow.

Or pivot to any number of other display effects. CRT effect. Falling letter matrix effect. Etc....

Sorry I'm not trying to be dismissive. I think that someone made this is amazing. It was just what went through my head once I saw it finished.

Re: I trapped an AI model inside an art installation (2025) [video]

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Post by abrookewood »

socalgal2 wrote: post #19

i found this both amazing and ... a little like why? Like it was amazing to see it get built, parts ordered, boards printed, parts assembled, all coded and running on a PI But, the end result I felt like I could just run on LLM on any old computer and put up a standard monitor with a large font showing 6 lines of text. Put the monitor in a nice box and hide the computer (any small form Mac Mini / Beelink) and the eff…

He's done other things that are pretty cool, just for the hell of it. I think it's valid to ask "Why not?"
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