[i000]

> do have long-term memory from their training and thus act very much like someone suffering from Alzheimer’s.

Your 8th grade science teacher may be disappointed too. Drawing such analogies using unequivocal language "very much like" disregards the limited understanding of LLMs, the false analogies between computer and biological systems, and the complex nature of Alzheimer's disease (no it is not just short term memory loss, not even close, for example ability to interpret images)

[handoflixue]

> for example ability to interpret images

I'm pretty sure blind people are conscious despite that.

[i000]

Hmm.The point was that people with Alzheimers have trouble interpreting images, and obviously remain concious until the latest stages of their disease.

[legacynl]

> remain concious until the latest stages of their disease.

Are you saying that people with advanced Alzheimers lose consciousness? That's not the case. Although it might become hard for people with advanced Alzheimers to demonstrate their consciousness, that doesn't mean that their consciousness isn't there.