That is the point: our minds are also next-„token“-predictors, at least we can‘t prove they‘re not. That‘s why I don‘t agree with the article: LLMs _are_ next-token predictors. However, that says little about their capabilities. Also, while I have no idea what „consciousness“ is, I have difficulties believing that it could arise in a program that, in theory, you could execute with pen and paper.

> our minds are also next-„token“-predictors, at least we can‘t prove they‘re not

Your mind can pick a random number without outputting it, participate in a short conversation, and then say the number.

We also can't prove that our minds aren't machine elf meat puppets. Come on. Please.