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

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Post by thenthenthen »

whilenot-dev wrote: post #30

The video talks 95% of its time solely about the technical steps taken: A custom 7-segment display with custom PCB, writing its display driver, downloading and running an inference engine (llama3.2), mount it all on a metal plate, sign it. I'd love to see more research put also on the conceptual side of things. The phenomenon of a limited mind, being controlled or influenced by some other entity, go way back, and ran…

Exactly, i am missing the ‘art’ part, do they mean you can hang it on the wall :/

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Post by Mordisquitos »

leggerss wrote: post #15

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 th…

> this points to arguably _the_ deepest question we can ask about LLMs right now—are they conscious?

When I am awake I am fully conscious. While sleeping my consciousness ebbs and flows between different levels of activation. When I am under general anaesthesia I am absolutely not conscious.

If LLMs are conscious, when are they conscious?

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Post by nkrisc »

leggerss wrote: post #15

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 th…

Is a magic eight ball conscious?

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Post by shinryuu »

andrewflnr wrote: post #28
shinryuu wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Being smart and being capable are two different things. Human beings are very capable

Being smart is a waste of calories if you don't use it to become more capable. At least in evolved systems, I wouldn't expect to find intelligence without capability.

I do think that human beings owe a lot two their two hands and fingers (besides their smarts). Even if a dolphin or an orca is indeed very smart, they will never be as capable as a human due to their physicality.
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