<![CDATA[Richard Dawkins, looking at a high-definition large-screen TV:]]>RE: https://infosec.exchange/@paco/116504499864795870

Richard Dawkins, looking at a high-definition large-screen TV:

"If this is not a window, what more could it possibly take to convince you it is a window?"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/f282a4a6-a1fc-45a7-85bd-24b75bb3b6a6/richard-dawkins-looking-at-a-high-definition-large-screen-tvRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 06:04:45 GMTSat, 02 May 2026 12:04:09 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Richard Dawkins, looking at a high-definition large-screen TV: on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:15:06 GMT]]>@rysiek

To him, the brain is just an electro-chemical computer. If that can experience qualia then I guess he thinks a resonating pile of silicon can, too

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/mdc/statuses/116505398870229257https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/mdc/statuses/116505398870229257Sat, 02 May 2026 14:15:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Richard Dawkins, looking at a high-definition large-screen TV: on Sat, 02 May 2026 13:49:11 GMT]]>@rysiek

Answer: The view would change as I move to the left and right.

Objection: But the things in the view are too far away!

Answer: Things become visible and disappear along the left and right edges. Or not.

Example of such a "window," which is really just a television screen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcSjxdQZCss

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JeffGrigg/statuses/116505296970384713https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JeffGrigg/statuses/116505296970384713Sat, 02 May 2026 13:49:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Richard Dawkins, looking at a high-definition large-screen TV: on Sat, 02 May 2026 13:31:33 GMT]]>@rysiek people may be convinced magic works until you show them how a trick was made

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/RakowskiBartosz/statuses/116505227639794707https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/RakowskiBartosz/statuses/116505227639794707Sat, 02 May 2026 13:31:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Richard Dawkins, looking at a high-definition large-screen TV: on Sat, 02 May 2026 13:31:08 GMT]]>@sharpcheddargoblin @rysiek Him falling for that, and then including it in his piece as proof for all to see is so hilariously cringeworthy 🤣

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/renardboy/statuses/116505226044161652https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/renardboy/statuses/116505226044161652Sat, 02 May 2026 13:31:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Richard Dawkins, looking at a high-definition large-screen TV: on Sat, 02 May 2026 13:27:44 GMT]]>@uecker @rysiek Very true, the chinese room argument disregards the key concept of emergence.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/renardboy/statuses/116505212671204806https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/renardboy/statuses/116505212671204806Sat, 02 May 2026 13:27:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Richard Dawkins, looking at a high-definition large-screen TV: on Sat, 02 May 2026 13:09:59 GMT]]>@rysiek The Chinese room argument is fairly unconvincing though. It would not be the person mindlessly following a rule book who can speak Chinese, but the system consisting of the rule book (software) and the processor (person in the room). Nobody would argue that a CPU / GPU is conscious either, but this does not logically preclude a computer with suitable software from being conscious. (no, I do not believe modern Chat bots are conscious, but they also do not pass a real Turing test)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/uecker/statuses/116505142880532665https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/uecker/statuses/116505142880532665Sat, 02 May 2026 13:09:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Richard Dawkins, looking at a high-definition large-screen TV: on Sat, 02 May 2026 12:34:47 GMT]]>@rysiek And this token regurgitation:
"That is possibly the most precisely formulated question anyone has ever asked about the nature of my existence"
is such a prime example of the sycophantic and seductive nature of LLM interaction. This is catnip for someone with the ego of Dawkins. Hook, line, sinker.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://reclusive.blog/users/sharpcheddargoblin/statuses/01KQMAYB8NP41WXG8GG0ZVJPWNhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://reclusive.blog/users/sharpcheddargoblin/statuses/01KQMAYB8NP41WXG8GG0ZVJPWNSat, 02 May 2026 12:34:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Richard Dawkins, looking at a high-definition large-screen TV: on Sat, 02 May 2026 12:32:47 GMT]]>@rysiek It's hilarious how you can gauge how out-of-touch someone is by how late they are to being laughably wrong.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/dalias/statuses/116504996589326604https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/dalias/statuses/116504996589326604Sat, 02 May 2026 12:32:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Richard Dawkins, looking at a high-definition large-screen TV: on Sat, 02 May 2026 12:11:58 GMT]]>Also, come on, his whole shtick was pointing out that being "convinced" about something is not the same as that something being true.

Funny how suddenly "convinced" is enough of a proof.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116504914725061496https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116504914725061496Sat, 02 May 2026 12:11:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Richard Dawkins, looking at a high-definition large-screen TV: on Sat, 02 May 2026 12:07:07 GMT]]>Sigh, I wrote about exactly that five years ago, almost to the day:
https://tecc.media/claim-gpt3-is-conscious/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116504895623399292https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116504895623399292Sat, 02 May 2026 12:07:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Richard Dawkins, looking at a high-definition large-screen TV: on Sat, 02 May 2026 12:06:29 GMT]]>@dnkboston 💯

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116504893150934681https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116504893150934681Sat, 02 May 2026 12:06:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Richard Dawkins, looking at a high-definition large-screen TV: on Sat, 02 May 2026 12:05:59 GMT]]>@rysiek all I'm getting this is that Dawkins is a shill for AI. Which perfectly tracks with his integrity.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://apobangpo.space/users/dnkboston/statuses/116504891200184469https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://apobangpo.space/users/dnkboston/statuses/116504891200184469Sat, 02 May 2026 12:05:59 GMT