← Back to context Comment by felipeerias 1 day ago What are you, ultimately, if not your body? 14 comments felipeerias Reply margalabargala 1 day ago I don't know. I also don't see how that changes the question. What is an AI, ultimately, without its computer hardware? felipeerias 1 day ago Hardware is fungible. Each LLM response in a conversation could be served from a different machine.Would you be "you" in a different body? margalabargala 1 day ago Human bodies are fungible. I think I would be "me" in a different body, yes. So is anybody.To claim otherwise would mean anyone who's gotten a transplant or amputation is no longer themselves. 11 replies →
margalabargala 1 day ago I don't know. I also don't see how that changes the question. What is an AI, ultimately, without its computer hardware? felipeerias 1 day ago Hardware is fungible. Each LLM response in a conversation could be served from a different machine.Would you be "you" in a different body? margalabargala 1 day ago Human bodies are fungible. I think I would be "me" in a different body, yes. So is anybody.To claim otherwise would mean anyone who's gotten a transplant or amputation is no longer themselves. 11 replies →
felipeerias 1 day ago Hardware is fungible. Each LLM response in a conversation could be served from a different machine.Would you be "you" in a different body? margalabargala 1 day ago Human bodies are fungible. I think I would be "me" in a different body, yes. So is anybody.To claim otherwise would mean anyone who's gotten a transplant or amputation is no longer themselves. 11 replies →
margalabargala 1 day ago Human bodies are fungible. I think I would be "me" in a different body, yes. So is anybody.To claim otherwise would mean anyone who's gotten a transplant or amputation is no longer themselves. 11 replies →
I don't know. I also don't see how that changes the question. What is an AI, ultimately, without its computer hardware?
Hardware is fungible. Each LLM response in a conversation could be served from a different machine.
Would you be "you" in a different body?
Human bodies are fungible. I think I would be "me" in a different body, yes. So is anybody.
To claim otherwise would mean anyone who's gotten a transplant or amputation is no longer themselves.
11 replies →