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AI could already be conscious. Are we ready for it? (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Do you think AI is, or could become, conscious?

I think AI might one day emulate consciousness to a high level of accuracy, but that wouldn't mean it would actually be conscious.

This article mentions a Google engineer who "argued that AI chatbots could feel things and potentially suffer". But surely in order to "feel things" you would need a nervous system right? When you feel pain from touching something very hot, it's your nerves that are sending those pain signals to your brain... right?

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

the weight of evidence indicates that humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness.

I 100% agree with that statement, and I've been saying that for 30 years. Consciousness is NOT unique to humans.
That idea seems to me to mostly stem from religion.

But I still don't see this paper really doing much in DEFINING Consciousness, it's more defining what it isn't.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

But I still don’t see this paper really doing much in DEFINING Consciousness, it’s more defining what it isn’t.

Yeah there's no clear definition in there. The paper fails to do what it was purported to do.