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by pegasus 41 days ago
They are not invalidating this claim, and cannot, unless we'd actually try it out for a few generations. Which we shouldn't and won't.

LLMs are quite good at simulating life and living intelligence (in the short term), but they aren't any of that. That's why we call it artificial intelligence. It's true that we can't put our finger on what exactly the difference is, but it's not like reality has ever felt encumbered by our limited understanding.