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Anil Seth discusses the fundamental differences between AI and humans, noting that AI lacks the biological substrate and evolutionary history of humans [1], occupies a distinct region in the space of possible minds [2], and has historically outperformed humans in narrow, specific tasks [3].
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AI Sessions #9: The Case Against AI Consciousness (with Anil Seth) conspicuouscognition.com 3 facts
perspectiveAnil Seth argues that AI language models represent a historical anomaly where fluent language is not a reliable signal of consciousness because these systems lack the shared evolutionary history, biological substrate, and underlying mechanisms of humans.
claimAnil Seth observes that AI systems have long been better than humans at many specific tasks, though these capabilities have historically been very narrow.
perspectiveAnil Seth posits that language models are exploring a different region in the space of possible minds compared to humans, meaning they may soon outperform humans in many tasks while remaining fundamentally different.