> with the requisite moving parts

Could you elaborate on exactly what those are, though? Because if you're going to claim that a vaguely transformer shaped ML model categorically cannot be so does that not inherently require proof of what can?

You can't even prove that the rocks in my backyard aren't conscious.

> You can't even prove that the rocks in my backyard aren't conscious.

Sure I can, but that's because I have a well developed theory of what consciousness is, and the fact that you are entertaining the possibility of rocks being conscious tells me that you don't.

If everything is conscious, including my coffee cup and the toast I had for breakfast, then I guess we can cross consciousness off the list of things we need to worry about in terms of AI rights.

And no, I don't want to discuss what consciousness is. Maybe there is a thread for that somewhere else, but don't look for me there either.