> The only way that statement would be relevant is if souls existed.

I resent your presumptious attitude.

My argument has got nothing to do with souls. And I don’t even personally believe in them.

> Trees can't do any of those things that LLMs and diffusion models can do.

LLM isn’t mystical. We know what they are made of. So why fantasize that they are conscious? It’s like an extra, unnecessary step.