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Invited Talk

Could a Large Language Model be Conscious?

David Chalmers

Moderator : Sanmi Koyejo

Hall H (level 1)

Abstract:

There has recently been widespread discussion of whether GPT-3, LaMDA 2, and related large language models might be sentient. Should we take this idea seriously? I will discuss the underlying issue and will break down the strongest reasons for and against.