[Joeri]

In a sense LLM's are a Rorschach test for people's beliefs about consciousness. If you believe consciousness to be an emergent phenomenon derived from simple deterministic biological processes, then it is not a big leap to believe LLM's to be on a roadmap to consciousness. If you instead believe consciousness is a supernatural phenomenon, then you will discard the very idea of a computer having a consciousness, because a machine could never be imbued with one by mere algorithms.

Tell me what your view is on the ability of LLM's to become AGI, and I'll tell you whether you believe in an immortal soul.

[piloto_ciego]

Oh, I definitely don’t think this is correct because I at least for me the contra positive is not true.

I believe machines that could be imbued with consciousness and I do not rule out that there could be supernatural elements to consciousness.

Or at least things that fall outside the realm of strictly testable science.