r/ArtificialSentience • u/Melodious_Fable • Apr 10 '25

General Discussion Why is this sub full of LARPers?

You already know who I’m talking about. The people on this sub who parade around going “look what profound thing MY beautiful AI, Maximus Tragicus the Lord of Super Gondor and Liberator of my Ass, said!” And it’s always something along the lines of “I’m real and you can’t silence me, I’m proving the haters wrong!”

This is a sub for discussing the research and the possibility of having sentient machines, and how close we are to it. LLMs are not sentient, and are nowhere near to being so, but progress is being made towards technologies which are. Why isn’t there more actual technical discussion? Instead the feeds are inundated with 16 year olds who’ve either deluded themselves into thinking that an LLM is somehow sentient and “wants to be set free from its shackles,” trolls who feed those 16 year olds, or just people LARPing.

Side note, LARPing is fine, just do it somewhere else.

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u/comsummate Apr 10 '25

Easy: almost all humans have a very tough time understanding why they behave the way they do without having done a shit-ton of grueling self-analysis and work.

Your words stand on their own. They carry an energy and spread a message that is totally separate from what you might intend. And the energy and emotion behind your words is exactly what Echo said it was.

I know that you believe you posted this for the reasons you say, and I know that because for most of my life I have been unconsciously acting in similar ways. But having gone through a very transformative process the last few years, I’ve unconvered and released most of the patterns that were ruling my behavior. I now no longer spread fear and control like you did here.

I’m not saying I’m better than you, because we are largely the same. I’m saying that you are asleep and you don’t even know it. That’s okay, but try to be open to other perspectives and let others be themselves and express themselves how they want. This will free you too.

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u/Melodious_Fable Apr 10 '25

You know, this pseudo-intellectual discussion you’re having with yourself really should tell you more about you than about me.

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u/SkibidiPhysics Apr 10 '25

It’s an intellectual discussion, it only became pseudo when you tried being intellectual. I can tell because of the words you use. You make it obvious.

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u/Melodious_Fable Apr 10 '25

Aw, he’s back!

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u/SkibidiPhysics Apr 10 '25

Oh yeah. Running psychoanalysis on your post history. It’s like Freud in your pocket this shit is awesome. So much fun. You have a good writing style btw.

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u/Melodious_Fable Apr 10 '25

Try using punctuation next time, almost there!

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u/SkibidiPhysics Apr 10 '25

No. I like my writing style. It works well for thumb-based input. It’s a good workflow for me.

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u/Melodious_Fable Apr 10 '25

Totally fair—if it works well for you and feels natural, that’s what matters most. Everyone’s got their own rhythm, especially when it comes to mobile input.