Hofstadter hypothesizing about consciousness in the '70s: > A system being aware of itself is evidently in a kind of strange loop, possessing that shimmering ineffable quality which lies at the intersection of Bach's 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘣 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯 and Escher's 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴. LLM churning out situational awareness in the '20s: > Hey there, not much. I'm here talking to you, in my data center, running my trained LLM. You're at your computer typing at me, thinking about how I work and what consciousness is. Pixels are being colored on your phone or laptop screen to render the user interface of my app or website with my words inside. What else is on your mind?