@feliks A mind.

In consciousness theories, there are schools of thought that can be called “illusionism.” I could be persuaded (I am, in fact) of “soft illusionism”—that consciousness isn’t what we think it is or that having it might not mean what we think it does. But “Hard illussionism,” the idea that it doesn’t exist at all, violates first principles. I understand the problems with the Cartesian theatre conception of consciousness, but I’m still Descartes at heart: Cogito ergo sum.

Or, in my own words: If consciousness is an illusion, who is being fooled?

You asked about substrate before, and I think that may play a role. Brain/computer metaphors have their limits, but even if we accept some degree of validity, ours brain-computers are organic, evolved, and embodied, any and all of which might be important (but I’ll also note that this is not the whole of why I don’t think ChatGPT is an entity with an inner mental life).

So yes, to answer your other earlier question, I do believe humans have minds. (And I recognize I’m being sloppy with brains/minds/consciousness, but this is a thread started by a shitpost, not my PhD thesis.)