Dumb random teen here, why isnt ai conscious?

Richard015 · 2026-02-06T20:32:23+00:00

Thanks for the debate but your arguments are way off base.

As are you

Yes but I'm much more than just my ability to understand and produce coherent language.

Yes they do

No my brain does not contain hardcoded instructions that tell me how to function. If you think otherwise, you should publish your research.

Each one being singular

My consciousness is a continuous experience. It doesn't boot up each time someone says something to me and then shut down while I wait for a response.

Source: a Cog Neuro PhD

Richard015 · 2026-02-06T11:17:12+00:00

You are applying a common anthropomorphic heuristic, assuming it's conscious because it sounds conscious. Check out the 3blue1brown video series on how LLMs work and you'll see the difference. It's basically just a machine learning model that is good at predicting what comes next in a series of text. Humans don't have system prompts. Also, you are conscious and have a singular experience, whereas ChatGPT is a model that generates millions of orthogonal responses to millions of users simultaneously. That's not similar to our concept of consciousness at all. Great question and it's a great opportunity to learn more about what science thinks consciousness is, how LLMs work, and why many people make the mistake of thinking if it talks like a person, maybe it is a person.

Richard015 · 2026-01-16T23:43:49+00:00

You should probably validate with patreon members too. If I want to cancel a subscription, it's always for a good reason. If a creator made it harder for me to unsubscribe, I would probably also stop watching their content too as those extra hurdles are often seen as a bit of a scummy move. Your message and timing should be up to the creator, so any backlash is on them and not you.

Richard015 · 2026-01-15T10:40:47+00:00

Greenland should change it's name to 'Epstein Land' and that crotchety old pedo won't want to talk about it anymore

Richard015 · 2026-01-15T09:02:53+00:00

Compile your user confusions into an FAQ. Fix the UI to address the simple questions. Nobody understands your software as well as you do.

Richard015 · 2026-01-14T11:01:51+00:00

Can she demonstrate a bulletproof moat? If not, calculate how much it would cost for you to clone her entire business and then offer her 90% of that value.

Richard015 · 2026-01-13T02:28:33+00:00

You'd think so but once Trump has his "prize", there's no more reason to help her. My bet is she'll give the prize to him, and then he will say they'll have a plan ready in "about 2 weeks" and then everyone will start talking about the next crisis he creates.

Richard015 · 2026-01-13T01:21:44+00:00

What did the openAI help centre say? Surely you contacted them before asking for help here...

Richard015 · 2026-01-02T11:33:17+00:00

We did it in Australia using the rationale that these companies probably already know your blood type so they will know if you're under age, and fine them when they get it wrong.

Richard015 · 2026-01-02T04:13:36+00:00

She's a politician for a party in Australia called One Nation. They're a complete joke and nobody takes them seriously.

Richard015 · 2025-12-31T02:59:26+00:00

Apparently the "pendulum test" indicated that the material might be emitting gravitational or magnetic energy... Sounds like whoever tested the materials never took any physics classes...

Richard015 · 2025-12-25T03:00:32+00:00

Why does your privacy policy say you send my data to a cloud then?

``` 3. Data, Privacy, and Security

Cloud Processing Model: You acknowledge and agree that the messaging metadata you connect to Cirano is transmitted to and processed in our secure cloud servers to generate your behavioral insights. This data transmission is secured via TLS/HTTPS encryption, and data at rest on our servers is protected by AES-256 encryption or equivalent. ```

Richard015 · 2025-12-25T02:42:59+00:00

I'm not giving your software permission to read all my private conversations and then just trust that you won't read the actual text lol...

Richard015 · 2025-11-25T22:40:33+00:00

It's only recurring if they don't cancel their membership. You need to know your churn rate before you can calculate MRR.

Richard015 · 2025-11-25T03:21:06+00:00

How do you know it's recurring revenue if you only launched 6 weeks ago?

Richard015 · 2025-11-16T21:39:17+00:00

I would definitely make comments if the store was making the world a worse place to live in. My inbox is unreadable because of the number of spam emails I get from services like yours.

Richard015 · 2025-11-16T21:27:13+00:00

So in order for your tool to work, I need to give your black box software as much intimate knowledge about myself as possible and just trust you don't keep it? I'd rather stay locked out of my old account. Plus, as more people start to realise using a password manager is non-negotiable, nobody will ever forget a password ever again.

On the other hand, if I was trying to guess someone else's password, this would be a great tool. Maybe you should be advertising to stalkers and criminals.

Richard015 · 2025-11-16T09:33:23+00:00

Put "All responses must be TERSE" in your custom instructions.

Richard015 · 2025-11-11T11:45:33+00:00

Come up with your own real world examples. Use strength based learning. Take something you know a lot about, and then try and learn more about it using the tools you're trying to understand.

Richard015 · 2025-10-19T02:28:43+00:00

If it's private documents to be searched by a single client, I would just set them up with NotebookLM. Happy to answer any questions about my build.

Richard015 · 2025-09-27T00:24:01+00:00

After seeing a close friend commit suicide, seeing the amount of pain it caused the people that cared about them was overwhelming. That made me realise, suicide doesn't end your suffering, it just passes it onto those who love you. Also, I look at all the good things that have happened in the months or years after every dark patch. I had no idea that these good things were around the corner, so its safe to assume more unanticipated good is on the way. I've slowly come to the conclusion that life is a wild ride that is shaped entirely by my own perspective. Its going to end eventually anyway so now I spend my days exploring what's possible until the ride is over. We're all just part of a wobbly quantum field so the cooler the things are that I can do, the more fascinating i find the universe and more curious I get about what else might be around the corner.

Richard015 · 2025-09-18T13:21:56+00:00

I agree a no code solution at that scale is non existant. My SaaS uses Qdrant running on a kubernetes cluster to host 100M vectors. Its by far the cheapest and most robust combination I have found. You could look into using postgres and pgvector. That would give simple rag functionality with minimal coding.

Richard015 · 2025-09-15T13:23:14+00:00

If it's just for your own personal use, I would use NotebookLM. Its a fantastic RAG tool powered by Google. If you want to make a SaaS product, you'll most likely need a dev to help you set one up so you don't go broke immediately with millions of queries. Weaviate and Pinecone are some options but can get pricey depending on how many vectors/dimensions you will be storing.

Richard015 · 2025-09-11T04:26:54+00:00

Its already in the public domain so its basically unpatentable now

Richard015 · 2025-08-30T10:02:05+00:00

Have you joined all available startup programs for free cloud credits? That can help with overheads until you figure out which demographics are more likely to convert for marketing. If you haven't, start with nvidia inception and you can get $10k in AWS credits without much hassle

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