[stinkbeetle]

> I'm not sure that's a compelling argument. Humans can be put into a similar state where they are unconscious and not thinking. Think of someone in a coma, for example, where we actually measure and confirm that there is no brain activity where they're in that state.

He was responding to your comment

> Funny enough, the models seemingly go insane and decohere into noise output in the absence of sensory input

The assumption being that "sensory input" is a prompt. What did you mean by sensory input?

[supern0va]

>He was responding to your comment

No, I could be mistaken, but I think he was clarifying his higher up comment:

>Imagine yourself in an isolation chamber. What are you thinking? Are you no longer conscious?

[stinkbeetle]

Would be strange since he replied to you specifically, commenting about your post.

In any case, what do you mean by sensory input for LLMs?