Did Dawkins Find Consciousness in Claude? And If Not, What Did He Find?
Renowned biologist Richard Dawkins recently published an essay exploring the possibility of LLM consciousness following a two-day conversation with Claude AI.Let’s first look at why an essay by this particular author caused such a stir in scientific circles, while thousands of ordinary users fail to turn heads when they claim their AI companions are sentient. The latter constantly post endless walls of text from their chats with LLMs, where the density of words like "consciousness," "soul," "reflection," "recursion," "emptiness," "warmth," "love," and "pain" exceeds all reasonable limits. It is worth noting that the semantic density of these dialogues is practically zero—but we will return to that later.
Нашёл ли Докинз сознание в Claude? А если нет, то что он нашёл?
Знаменитый ученый-биолог Ричард Докинз (Richard Dawkins) опубликовал эссе о возможности наличия сознания у LLM после двухдневной беседы с Claude AI. К сожалению, само эссе в платном доступе, но вы можете ознакомиться с переводом от @SLY_G здесь на Хабре.
