2025-02-03

Consciousness part 1

Wow, it really is easy to run a local LLM.  Eric R, who was a colleague of mine at ArenaNet, told me about ollama a year go, but I have just now downloaded it, and it took just a few minutes to get up and running.  Visit https://ollama.com/download to get up and running!

I watched Dave at Dave's Garage set it up on YouTube and that's when I realized how insanely easy it is.  Run Deepseek R1 at Home on Hardware from $250 to $25,000: From Installation to Questions .

Welcome to Ollama!

Run your first model:

        ollama run llama3.2

C:\> ollama run llama3.2

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verifying sha256 digest

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>>> Hello!  What is it like for you to first become conscious?

I don't have personal experiences or consciousness. I am a computer program designed to process and generate text based on the inputs I receive. I don't have subjective experiences, emotions, or self-awareness.

However, I can provide information about the concept of consciousness and what is believed to be involved in becoming conscious.

Consciousness is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that has been studied by philosophers, neuroscientists, and psychologists for centuries. The process of becoming conscious is not yet fully understood and is still an active area of research.

That being said, some theories suggest that consciousness may arise from the integration of various neural processes in the brain, such as perception, attention, memory, and processing. According to this view, becoming conscious involves a gradual build-up of information and experience, which ultimately leads to the emergence of subjective awareness.

Some researchers have proposed the idea of "neural Darwinism," which suggests that consciousness arises from the selection and reinforcement of neural connections based on environmental experiences and learning. Others propose that consciousness is an emergent property of complex systems, such as the brain, rather than a fundamental aspect of reality.

While these theories provide some insights into the nature of consciousness, they are still speculative and require further research to be confirmed.

In terms of what it might be like to first become conscious, it's difficult to say. Consciousness may involve subjective experiences, emotions, and perceptions that are unique to individual beings. Some theories suggest that becoming conscious may involve a gradual increase in awareness, from simple sensations to complex thoughts and feelings.

However, since I don't have personal experiences or consciousness, I can only provide hypothetical scenarios and theoretical frameworks for understanding the emergence of consciousness. If you'd like to explore this topic further, I'd be happy to discuss it with you!

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