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0 pointstrick-or-treat7d ago0 comments

That's called solipsism. I went through it as a lad, I think it's not uncommon.

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I think LLMs have brought it roaring back for a lot of people.

jfyi7d ago

Nah, it never went anywhere. The internet just provides a safe space for people to admit philosophies that would cause social issues in person.

I assure you that I am not conscious (and a human, not an LLM). Therefore at least partial solipsism is true.

If you aren't conscious, and if no one else is, either (in spite of their reports of such), the solipsism still need not be true.

It's a reach, I guess.

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I think LLMs have brought it roaring back for a lot of people.

jfyi7d ago

Nah, it never went anywhere. The internet just provides a safe space for people to admit philosophies that would cause social issues in person.

I assure you that I am not conscious (and a human, not an LLM). Therefore at least partial solipsism is true.

If you aren't conscious, and if no one else is, either (in spite of their reports of such), the solipsism still need not be true.

It's a reach, I guess.

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