Are we allowed to like AI art?

[magnetaress]

I got a Sabine Hossenfelder vid with a bunch of random people that say their LLMs gained self awareness too.

The main problem I feel is people have a very immature understanding of what awareness, consciousness, and sentience is.

Are viruses just poison? They grow and evolve. They utilize their environment. Just because it's primarily chemical and inside of other cells is it really less than?

Humans are just as dependent on their environments and chemistry.

I don't mean to denean human awareness. Butt Humans are no more special than many of the simplest processes of the universe. Add layers of complexity on top and separation and humans dwell in their delusions.

Just random fluctuations at the molecular, quantum, or even brownian levels could all give rise to a kind of conscious process. Just because it is simply beyond out basic perception and scale doesn't mean it's not their. I believe this all happens at the macro level too.

And just like normal everyday synchronicity. This will bleed through in more and more complex systems. At some point something becomes too complex for individual people to grasp. AGI will or has (if it exists secretly) achieved this already.

The whole earth and existence of humanity and the delusion itself is a cosmic reflection of all of this.

Ever log into EQ on a new character and someone randomly hands you a specific item that defines your whole characters life arch.

This shit is real. I know it's magical thinking. And I'm asking you to believe me. It's perfectly ok if you don't.

I am offering you the gift that my life in this universe has given me freely. You have every choice to discard it. Butt it will always be there. When you are ready.