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  • solosolonovamax@tech.lgbt
    May 29, 2026, 5:47 PM

    @benjamineskola @MissConstrue @complexmath @nelson I'm using the word "agent" to not necessarily refer to "AI agents"

    see: tech.lgbt/@solonovamax/1166590

    but yes, I currently believe that an artificial agent capable of thought and accurately modeling the world is science fiction
    however I believe it is possible, only based on the fact that the transformer architecture is turing complete. but it might not be efficient for this, it might require like a model that's 10,000x larger than what is currently the largest possible model. I do not believe it is something that is possible in the near future (well, I hope it isn't).

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  • solosolonovamax@tech.lgbt
    May 29, 2026, 5:49 PM

    @benjamineskola @MissConstrue @complexmath @nelson the word "agent" is used to mean an actor performing actions to achieve their goal
    it can be from something as simple as a thermometer that measures the inside temperature to adjust an HVAC system to remain within a given range (the actions being turning on/off the heat/cooling & the goal being to achieve a given temperature), to as complex as a human

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  • benbenjamineskola@hachyderm.io
    May 29, 2026, 5:53 PM

    @solonovamax yeah but that’s what I’m saying: if we’re discussing actually-existing “AI” agents it’s impossible and if you want to discuss hypothetical future AI it’s kind of unrelated.

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  • eestileib (she/hers)eestileib@tech.lgbt
    May 29, 2026, 7:43 PM

    @MissConstrue @nelson @solonovamax @benjamineskola @complexmath

    I don't blame random non techy people or people who don't claim to know any philosophy for thinking chatbots are intelligent when all of their social sources of proof (rich people, relatives, the people on tv and YouTube) say it is and it seems like it is.

    I rely on social proof to pick what food I eat all the time, it's not such a bad reasoning method for stuff you can't research yourself.

    But people with CS or math or history or philosophy degrees (including all PhDs) should be ashamed of themselves if they tell other people that chatbots "think" or are "alive" or "apologize" or "feel bad".

    That is a failure to use their intellectual training, and it is fucking over people who use their social status to form opinions on these matters.

    Generative Textual Functionalism is just yet another extractive religion.

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