Since the times GPT-2 was reimplemented inside Minecraft - its quite obvious LLMs are just math. Nothing else, by nature (modern LLMs have the same math as in GPT-2 - just bigger and with extra stuff around). And the real secret is in the data, not math. Math (and LLMs running it through billions of weights) is just a tool.

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So we know Claude is deterministic, but does that mean it is not conscious?Or what is the reasoning exactly?

Also The Claude Delusion: Richard Dawkins believes his AI chatbot is conscious - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=47991340">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=47991340</a> - May 2026 (30 comments)

Related: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=47988880">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=47988880</a>&quot;Richard Dawkins and The Claude Delusion: The great skeptic gets taken in&quot; (garymarcus.substack.com)18 points | 2 hours ago | 16 comments

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