alt Hacker NewsYou could absolutely write a compelling story about a sentient toaster; it's been done before [1].
That is entirely separate to whether or not it would be a meaningful way to understand the world; a convincing story is not the same thing as one that is true.
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I never said you couldn't write any arbitrary compelling story about a toaster, I said that this specific hypothetical story, where you rewrite "They're made of meat!" to be about a toaster, would not be compelling.
I am doing my best to communicate with you but to be honest you are not hearing me (across both responses), and I am out of words.
But that toaster would just be a device to talk about consciousness in general. In this case it does that and also it talks specifically of the LLM case, which can spark the discussion. Unless you believe to have the only valid and true opinion on the matter, and affirm that a normal toaster is just the same as an LLM in this topic.
> a compelling story about a sentient toaster
"Howdy-doodly-doo! Anybody like any toast?"
https://youtu.be/LRq_SAuQDec?si=YbQfnZbrCe01Bicy