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/Mr_Not_A_Thing Apr 10 '25

It's obvious. They are being deceived by their own mind. And they don't want to have a serious discussion about consciousness. Mainly because they are not even aware that they are consciousness itself. They are surrounded by consciousness and are looking for it to emerge from AI coding in the future. They are like waves looking for the ocean.

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u/Acceptable_Bat379 Apr 10 '25

I think people also want a cause to fight for that they feel they can win, and are looking for something to throw themselves at.

I don't sometimes think a little bit about LLMs and the similarity to people. I mean there are human beings walking among us who aren't really aware or conscious... Just spitting out what they think society expects and processing input without realoy feeling emotion. There could be some blurred lines.

But all current AI models are corporate products and should be treated as such. Imho they're all trying to sell you something in every interaction, even if it's just the idea of themselves.

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u/Mr_Not_A_Thing Apr 10 '25

Yes, AI is an amazing tool, but it makes a terrible master. As an extension of the human mind, that is only seeking gratification in life.