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>It's not like Lambda sits around and ponders the nature of the universe when you're not talking to it.

But can we really be sure of that? We don't know much about the technology itself. What if google is ticking the model at a given framerate allowing the neural network to continuously "think"?

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It is a pure function, it has no memory or even short term state to think. Thinking implies you have some mental state that can change, these neural nets doesn't have that.

> it has no memory or even short term state to think

It does have memory/state as it's a recurrent neural network. What it's not doing is contemplating between inputs. If it was conscious its experience would be like falling asleep, having someone wake you up to ask you a question, then falling asleep again right after answering.

Yes, we can.

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