Raw LLM Responses

Consciousness can also be described als experiencing. An early simple orgnasim, a billion years ago, had cells which could detect light and dark (proto-eyes). The system, in this case the organism, experienced this difference between light and dark and reacted to it with the possibilities it had of its body. Say, move to the left. This organism had a proto-consciousnes, a feeling or a form of experiencing data en able to proces it. So, having a system which can proces data and act accordingly seems enough for it to experience something. A light switch does not have this ability, an organism does. So, isn't the internet, ChatGPT or Tesla's self driving car a complex system which collects, interprets and processes data and act accordingly? In my mind it is capable of being aware, of experiencing, even though it might be extremely rudimental and different than our own experiences (I'm not saying this is the case. I'm saying this might be the case). Even a faint glimmer of self-awareness is also awareness. But this is not to say that it can understand itself or us. Just like the organism didn't understand the concept of light, itself or why it moved to the left. It just was. I think we do have systems already that just 'are'. ChatGPT might 'be' but does not understand itself, what you ask, what language even is. It might just be a system that is vaguely aware of itself, just a glimmer, just a tiny bit of extra sense on top of its cold circuitry.