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What you said is "how we define something is, in the end, putting one word after another".

Well, of course--you just specified what the end is. I'm not trying to be a smart ass. This is just where u have to go to discuss this.

Consciousness isn't a part of us. "Us" is part of consciousness.

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> Consciousness isn't a part of us. "Us" is part of consciousness.

I have no idea what that means.

When people make a "conscious decision", or are "conscious" of something, it usually means something they can put into words as opposed to a vague feeling. Being able to communicate with language is what sets us aparts from animals. That's why I think language models are actually really powerful.

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