Comment by 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?
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?
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.
What most people think of as "me" is a product of their brain. If you somehow could get a brain transplant you certainly would not be "you".
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What, exactly, would be the link between you as you are right now, and “you” in a different body?
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Of course they are themselves. The question is whether they are a different self.
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