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737 points surprisetalk | 2 comments | 15 May 25 02:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.566s | source
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notepad0x90 ◴[15 May 25 04:54 UTC] No.43991964[source]▶
Why are emotions so special? they're just algorithms like any other. Emotions aren't what make humans different than machines. feeling something is similar to an LLM model reacting to a prompt a certain way. Just because chatgpt is trained to not "feel" anything (to avoid controversial output) doesn't mean LLMs can't feel things like we do. self-awareness, self-training, adaptability, original thinking, critical thinking,etc.. are different questions. but I see no reason why machines can't receive input/stimuli and react/output by the same way we do because of how they feel about the input.
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1. siddthesquid ◴[15 May 25 05:17 UTC] No.43992068[source]▶
I wonder if there is something to be said about how machines are based on deterministic and algorithmic properties, whereas emotions could potentially involve logic beyond what humans can observe, like quantum interactions.
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2. notepad0x90 ◴[15 May 25 07:37 UTC] No.43992714[source]▶
What is the reasoning behind the claim that our emotions are not deterministic or that they are not algorithmic? Perhaps we can take into account more inputs, process more memory and have larger and more complex algorithmic models but that's just scale and capacity, not a difference in genuine nature. We are a lot more than our emotions.