Sentience, LLMs: Does the Brain Refute Panpsychism’s Consciousness?

There is a recent piece in Scientific American, Is Consciousness Part of the Fabric of the Universe?, reporting that, “Scholars recently gathered to debate the problem at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., during a two-day workshop focused on an idea known as panpsychism. The concept proposes that consciousness is a fundamental aspect of reality, like mass or electrical charge. The idea goes back to antiquity — Plato took it seriously — and has had some prominent supporters over the years, including psychologist William James and philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell.” “Yet panpsychism runs counter to the majority view in both the physical sciences and…...