points by switchbak 17 hours ago | 0 comments
When did it become "alive"? GPT-3? What is the threshold at which we consider something to be living. Is this a matter of complexity alone?
How alive is a collection of a dozen transistors? A million, billion, trillion? We can't just claim something is alive without being very specific about _why_ we believe it to be alive. The article's suggestion doesn't even begin to mention that.
Likewise, at what threshold do neurons become a brain capable of supporting a conscious mind? There is no threshold, thus there is no difference between the two; therefore we are not conscious.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorites_paradox