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1. georgemcbay · 1789884732 · focus · HN ↗

   Blows my mind that so many people just have this hardened internalized idea that we're somehow significantly different than any other animal.

   Sure, we've got them beat on language and planning, but we're currently in the process of being passed up on both those fronts by multi-dimensional arrays of floating point numbers sitting inside of sand. So, like, how special is that then, really?

   1. card_zero · 1789885143 · focus · HN ↗

      Do LLMs grieve?

      1. plaguuuuuu · 1789896369 · focus · HN ↗

         You can give them emotional signals, but I feel like it's cruel to do so and would recommend against it.

         1. slfnflctd · 1789906296 · focus · HN ↗

            One of the important overlooked aspects of this is how maltreatment of something that appears to be human-like in many ways by an actual human affects the person doing it.

            I know this did not end up being applicable in the video game world (which I'm continually glad for). With LLMs, it feels more likely it would be.

            1. cindyllm · 1789914143 · focus · HN ↗

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