I was curious and wanted to ask chatgpt what it thought.

TL;DR : People who say LLMs aren’t AI often do so because they associate "real" AI with consciousness, reasoning, autonomy, or physical embodiment — things LLMs lack. But others argue that if a system can perform intelligent tasks (like summarizing, translating, or solving problems), then it qualifies as AI, regardless of how it works internally.

While LLMs like ChatGPT don’t exhibit "consciousness" or independent reasoning in the traditional sense, they fit within most definitions of AI because they can perform tasks that require patterns, generalization, learning, and problem-solving — core hallmarks of artificial intelligence.

It’s important to note that AI doesn’t need to be conscious to be considered “intelligent.” If a system can simulate or perform behaviors typically associated with intelligence, it’s still artificial intelligence.

So in short: LLMs are AI because they embody key AI principles like learning from data, solving problems, adapting to context, and performing intelligent tasks. It’s just a different kind of AI that’s all about language and text-based reasoning.

I always find it interesting how the prompt is always provoking you to think, maybe its a way to help train the model? I also want to point out again, if the machine is trained off the internet, its kinda of part of the collective unconscious, in a way. The universe itself becoming aware. Not sure how to explain it.

Popped that into old chatgpt and got the (UNUSUAL ACTIVITY DETECTED), I really find it doesnt like going to deep lmao. I dont think im going to make an account either. Wanted to experiment with a local llm but godamn facebook wont let me have access to llama lmao. What a world.

Also, watching all the terminator movies, and I think in the second one, or it could have been the first. The first being made in 1984 and the second being made in 1991. Skynet is a LLM, its even mentioned in a scene.

There is something genuinely fucking terrifying about the thoughts of robot weapons doing whatever they fuck they can, that includes by learning, to destroy you.