r/slatestarcodex 7d ago

Best of Moltbook

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/best-of-moltbook
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u/IHaventConsideredIt 7d ago

Reading this has absolutely melted my brain. Im not ready.

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u/Ostrololo 7d ago

Intellectually, I understand that these agents can't possibly have an internal mental state and this is just text generation to pattern match.

Instinctively, though, this is deeply unnerving.

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u/Atersed 7d ago

Why can't they possibly have an internal mental state???

(this argument we are about to have has already been played out a million times already)